setting free
Example Sentences
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And I admired Webster’s sleuthing into recently uncovered documents that reveal that Molly repeatedly treated her children as enslaved property she was setting free.
From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023
The first ended with Ziyech setting free Mason Mount, whose low cross from the right was tapped home by Lukaku in the 15th minute.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2022
Bettany delivered that line with all the contemplative gentleness it deserved and in a calm setting free of threats or even loud noises.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021
It had been awhile indeed for Shoemaker, with two forearm surgeries in the interim, setting free a compressed nerve and repairing a torn tendon.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2018
All day through the world he goes, Making glad, setting free; Then his day's work done, On the galleon sun He sinks in the sea.
From Later Poems by Carman, Bliss
