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

Those who support a more rehabilitative approach have hailed Gascón’s efforts as proof that pursuing a different tack can unburden the criminal justice system and help build lives and communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024

The rivers emerge and meander away from the rugged mountains and toward each other, beginning to unburden their loads.

From Scientific American • May 6, 2023

The family said they were directly appealing to the driver responsible - or someone that may be helping them hide an awful secret - to go to police and unburden themselves.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022

Just as often, however, Adams also used the correspondence to unburden himself of opinions that his muzzled status in the Senate prevented him from sharing publicly.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis