free oneself
Example Sentences
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A connection of the heart becomes then a veritable torment, from which it is desirable to free oneself as quickly as possible.
From Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century by Overton, William Hassell
Vain are great efforts to free oneself from this fatal environment, from the heritage of fear, from the circle in which we are forced to move, until at last comes death.
From The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan by Douglas, Frances
It needs but a moment to free oneself from all one's troubles.
From A Mummer's Tale by Roche, Charles E.
To free oneself by violence without disengaging the firmly implanted talons would result in lacerations such as the thorns of a rosebush will produce.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
The very first thing in playing in public is to free oneself of all distrust in one's own powers.
From Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers by Martens, Frederick Herman
