free oneself
Example Sentences
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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
The injunction to free oneself from sense and strive upwards by means of knowledge, remained; but the wings of the thinking mind bore it only to the entrance of the sanctuary.
From History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
It needs but a moment to free oneself from all one's troubles.
From A Mummer's Tale by Roche, Charles E.
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
If the perspiration has a disagreeable odor, no effort should be spared to free oneself from what is a serious drawback to the acceptableness of a nurse.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp
