unburden

Example Sentences

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“Your goal is to unburden those parts, and once those parts are unburdened, what’s left is your true self, like who you are at your core,” Zupich said.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024

“There’s someone out there who has been carrying this burden for 25 years, and it’s time to let it go and unburden yourself,” Tacoma Detective Julie Dier said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2024

However, she says some were relieved to unburden themselves of things they had not been able to tell anyone.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2023

Knowing this can help unburden scientists new to the English-speaking world from the expectation that we should already be native speakers by the time we arrive.

From Scientific American • Sep. 2, 2023

There is one situation and one situation only in which a butler who cares about his dignity may feel free to unburden himself of his role; that is to say, when he is entirely alone.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro