disburden

Example Sentences

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"Then," said Sandford, "as this must be the last time they are mentioned, I must now take the opportunity to disburden my mind of a charge"— "What charge?" cried Lord Elmwood, morosely interrupting him.

From A Simple Story by Strachey, G. L.

And he shall proceed by fitting diet and suitable medicines to resist them, as well as by purgations to disburden the body of them.

From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica

She felt worried, and anxious to disburden her soul of its secret.

From The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine by Stokes, Katherine

But what is thy will, friend, that thou seemest in waiting for me, to disburden thyself of something?

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

There was still something on his heart,--a discontent of which he would fain disburden himself before the end.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip