unbosoming

Example Sentences

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The next day, while the ship was still hanging in the Solent off Yarmouth, Keats wrote unbosoming himself to Brown of his inward agony more fully than he had ever done in speech:—

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

I hope you will never have cause to regret unbosoming yourself.

From The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story by Bayly, A. Eric

When harassed, which was very often the case, she was relieved by unbosoming herself, and generally returned home calm, frequently in spirits.”

From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

And so plain was his duty that it had even percolated to Mrs. Greaves, who, in ways subtle and mysterious, seemed to be continually unbosoming herself to a similar tenor.

From The Sailor by Snaith, J. C.

There—there—there," cried Riccabocca, pushing back his chair to the farther end of the room—"that comes of unbosoming one's self!

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various