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

But what is thy will, friend, that thou seemest in waiting for me, to disburden thyself of something?

From Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay by Cooper, J. Fenimore

There was still something on his heart,--a discontent of which he would fain disburden himself before the end.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip

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

Disembosom, dis-em-bōōz′um, v.t. to separate from the bosom: to disburden one's self of a secret.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various