disburden

Example Sentences

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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 Bird, Richard

"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 Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

Mr Noalles, as I will still call him, spoke with difficulty, but some secret impulse, it seemed, made him anxious to disburden his mind.

From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Webb, Archibald

Again Lucinda defeated his attempt to disburden himself.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph

Afterwards you seek to disburden from its portion of the tax, first one article of industry, then another, then a third; always adding to the burden of the mass of society.

From What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader by Bastiat, Frédéric