disembarrass

Example Sentences

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Madame Roland resembled certain politicians, who, having attained to power, would willingly disembarrass themselves of those by whose aid they reached it.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

A suspicion dwelt on my mind that the Friar was not going back, and that he had merely concerted this plan with the Mexican the easier to disembarrass himself of my company.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

Do you think we can disembarrass ourselves of history?

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

He cleared his throat as though to disembarrass it of a garrote.

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

I have never been able, altogether, to disembarrass my head of the most wonderful vision that ever took possession of any man’s.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage