unburden

Example Sentences

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After winning the trophy, she spoke about the benefits of therapy in helping her unburden herself.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025

“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

Those who support a more rehabilitative approach have hailed Gascón’s efforts as proof that pursuing a different tack can unburden the criminal justice system and help build lives and communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 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

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