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

There is nothing that doth disburden the soul so of care and anxiety, nothing doth rid a man of so many perplexities and troubles, as this way.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh

"When we have dined and had our coffee, you shall make your own confession; and that only if you like it, and wish to disburden your conscience."

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

I mention this to you once for all to disburden my mind, and I do not wish to hear or say more about it.

From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel

Perhaps I had better first disburden myself of what I have to set down against him.

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John