disburden
Example Sentences
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But the need she felt to disburden her mind to Tito urged her to repress the rising anguish.
From Romola by George Eliot
She says, "I never thought of writing until two years and a half ago, when, in order to disburden my mind of certain thoughts that clamored for utterance, I produced," etc.
From What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness by Ralph Waldo Trine
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 Ossip Schubin
"Nay, daughter, thou art troubled; the quick flush—the startled eye—the timid aspect—thou dost need to disburden thy heart!"
From Captain Kyd, Vol. II or, The Wizard of the Sea by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
He fell prone upon the grass, striving to disburden himself of an unwanted draft, pitiable, a spluttering ruin of a conspirator.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Richard Bird