find outlet

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During the War the safest place in Europe was Spain, but Trotsky is physically no coward, and it was only to find outlet for his pacifism that he went to Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole object of the treatment should be to strengthen his intellect and to accustom his emotions to find outlet in wholesome, helpful activity.

From Study of Child Life by Washburne, Marion Foster

But she was Anna, and her feelings could only find outlet in her eyes.

From Anna of the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Before a sociological problem, his attitude is not that of the patient thinker, but of the hysterical prophet, whose emotions find outlet in declamatory denunciation.

From Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series by Macpherson, Hector Carsewell

Even the muse of tragedy is self-possessed in modern days; good breeding has conquered even the fierce impulse of passion to find outlet in words.

From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo