unburden

Example Sentences

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“Your goal is to unburden those parts, and once those parts are unburdened, what’s left is your true self, like who you are at your core,” Zupich said.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024

Knowing this can help unburden scientists new to the English-speaking world from the expectation that we should already be native speakers by the time we arrive.

From Scientific American • Sep. 2, 2023

Someone has to deliver seven-inning starts on a consistent basis to unburden the team’s overworked bullpen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2023

The family said they were directly appealing to the driver responsible - or someone that may be helping them hide an awful secret - to go to police and unburden themselves.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2022

I started to talk to her, to finally unburden my heart of some of the things I’d been fretting about.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals