disembarrass

Example Sentences

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He was obliged to stop and speak to them, and it was difficult to disembarrass himself of friends who greeted him so kindly.

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A suspicion dwelt on my mind that the Friar was not going back, and that he had merely concerted this plan with the Mexican the easier to disembarrass himself of my company.

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James

He did not, by any means, intend, he said, to disembarrass himself of the obligations which were imposed on him by the first article of the convention of the 15th September, 1865.

From Pius IX. And His Time by Dawson, Æneas MacDonell

Madame Roland resembled certain politicians, who, having attained to power, would willingly disembarrass themselves of those by whose aid they reached it.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

She knows he has conceived some scheme to disembarrass her of a husband she no longer cares for—to both become inconvenient.

From Gwen Wynn by Reid, Mayne