disembarrass

Example Sentences

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I see—a sacrifice!—filial piety, and all that—to disembarrass his lordship.

From John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts by Colman, George

Philosophers, blinded by their theological prejudices, in order to disembarrass themselves, have gone so far as to pretend that beasts have no feelings!

From Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense by Knoop, Anna

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

From Greener Than You Think by Moore, Ward

She did all that was possible to disembarrass the estate so that it might produce sufficient for her father’s maintenance.

From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

I have servants on whom I can call to disembarrass me of such people.”

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)