unbosoming

Example Sentences

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In his Letters, our Syrian peddler and seer is a plain blunt man unbosoming himself to his friend.

From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares

Assuredly he had come with no intention at all of unbosoming himself before a couple of ladies.

From Poison Island by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

There—there—there," cried Riccabocca, pushing back his chair to the farther end of the room—"that comes of unbosoming one's self!

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

The next day, while the ship was still hanging in the Solent off Yarmouth, Keats wrote unbosoming himself to Brown of his inward agony more fully than he had ever done in speech:—

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

The conversation dropped again, and Owen felt there was to be no unbosoming of himself that afternoon.

From Sister Teresa by Moore, George (George Augustus)