give vent to

Example Sentences

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At the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, in Vienna — whose 57 participating states make it the world’s biggest regional security entity — Russian representatives who use official forums to give vent to Moscow’s propaganda are generally met with stone-faced silence, even by representatives of their allies from former Soviet republics in Central Asia.

From Washington Post

They give vent to feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, despair and alienation.

From Salon

They wanted him to exercise such qualities on the people, so that they might double their salary and give vent to their avarice and cruelty.

From Literature

Neither were they out to give vent to their grievances.

From Slate

It seems that she needed to give vent to them in an attempt to exonerate herself.

From The Guardian