find outlet

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During the War the safest place in Europe was Spain, but Trotsky is physically no coward, and it was only to find outlet for his pacifism that he went to Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no human being to whom he could communicate his thoughts, yet the pent-up anguish must find outlet somehow, lest the heart-strings should snap beneath the strain.

From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.

Even the muse of tragedy is self-possessed in modern days; good breeding has conquered even the fierce impulse of passion to find outlet in words.

From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo

But she was Anna, and her feelings could only find outlet in her eyes.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Her hold is only upon superb youth, which must find outlet for its abounding life.

From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Cullum, Ridgwell