unbosoming
Example Sentences
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If any real gratitude underlay the look of trust which she had given me at the termination of our last interview, she would reward my confidence by unbosoming herself to me.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Anna Katharine Green
Oftentimes, while Don Leandro was unbosoming himself, the confessor heaved deep sighs and made the confessional creak as though his chair pinched him.
From Maximina by Armando Palacio Valdés
A closely related form is unbosoming oneself to a male or female confidant.
From Dramatic Technique by George Pierce Baker
That's rank impertinence, I know; but after all, we are unbosoming our thoughts to each other to-day, and may as well speak openly.
From Unleavened Bread by Robert Grant
And so plain was his duty that it had even percolated to Mrs. Greaves, who, in ways subtle and mysterious, seemed to be continually unbosoming herself to a similar tenor.
From The Sailor by J. C. Snaith
