disburden

Example Sentences

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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

On this occasion he had come to disburden on Mr. Dudley his fears of disease and death.

From Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden

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 Trine, Ralph Waldo

It would be better, once for all, to disburden the conscience by coming forward honestly and truthfully.

From Garman and Worse A Norwegian Novel by Kielland, Alexander Lange

But the need she felt to disburden her mind to Tito urged her to repress the rising anguish.

From Romola by Eliot, George