How to Use unburden in a Sentence

unburden

verb
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  • May her soul fly free at last, unburdened now by the sorrows of the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Mr Trump, unburdened by such niceties, tried them both, sometimes in the same breath.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • Even over the phone, McCaskill sounds light and unburdened.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2018
  • By the end of the play, Leo has unburdened his ghosts, so the audience knows what’s happened and what got him off track.
    — Kathy Cichon, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
  • Yet this was the first game in this series in which Harden played unburdened.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 8 May 2017
  • There's Inez, a friend in the clouds, someone eager to leave the world and death behind and ready to be unburdened.
    — Melinda Morris, NOLA.com, 10 July 2017
  • But what to make of the rest of these Americans who seem unburdened by such concerns?
    — Author: Kathleen Parker, Alaska Dispatch News, 20 June 2017
  • His voice bounces with the buzz of one recently unburdened.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 30 July 2019
  • Free to choose a future where are all equal and unburdened by the oppression of those who would choose to divide us.
    — Ahmad Ibsais, Teen Vogue, 18 July 2019
  • Yet Tillerson has remained unburdened by the stench of scandal hanging over the White House.
    — Emily Jane Fox, The Hive, 3 Mar. 2017
  • Instead, the thought was to unburden a linemate who has filled the net more than any other Ducks player over his 12 seasons.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
  • One goal of the treatment is to help veterans unburden themselves of shame, Yeomans told me.
    — New York Times, 13 June 2018
  • When my body is unburdened by purses or handbags is when I’m truly set free.
    — Jinnie Lee, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2018
  • But, then again, there has been nobody skillful enough to make Flavia unburden herself.
    — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
  • The Word of God was proclaimed offering the promise of peaceful rest unburdened in life eternal for their son.
    — Cincinnati.com, 31 May 2017
  • That might even unburden a couple of old 30-something pals to produce the timely goals the Stars will need to keep that stretch of first-round success intact a while longer.
    — Dallas News, 2 May 2022
  • The Knicks are also unburdened of the Phil Jackson albatross.
    — Michael Singer, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The sale may unburden the White House of one potential conflict of interest.
    — Heidi M Przybyla, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The event is modestly sized and therefore unburdened by the weight that makes most music festivals a drag.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
  • Seemingly now unburdened, United were more at ease after half-time and did start to create chances to score.
    — SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • He is unburdened by the knowledge that protest, assembly, and a free press are the cornerstones of liberty.
    — Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine, 20 Jan. 2017
  • Hannah's former friends, many of whom were on the tapes of season 1, have unburdened themselves of their secrets during the trial.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 30 May 2018
  • In one sordid chain of events, Gantz’s top strategist unburdened himself to a rabbi and, in the process, denigrated his client.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Mar. 2020
  • In one sordid chain of events, Mr. Gantz’s top strategist unburdened himself to a rabbi and, in the process, denigrated his client.
    — New York Times, 2 Mar. 2020
  • The rivers emerge and meander away from the rugged mountains and toward each other, beginning to unburden their loads.
    — Marianne Karplus, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The tenor of the responses to Elmo reflect much of that — and some welcome dark humor in unburdening ourselves to a fuzzy puppet.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The Supreme Court appears to be about to unburden itself of one of its most notorious decisions, Roe v. Wade (1973).
    — Paul Moreno, WSJ, 27 May 2022
  • The chancellor's son, imprisoned for his crimes, has always sought to unburden himself of the weight of his family name.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a belief that this could unlock Prescott’s strength, which is to play the position like a point guard does—seeing the field, and throwing to the open guy, unburdened by the feeling of having to keep Bryant engaged.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 31 May 2018
  • Fabricating false papers and transporting them for the famed Dutch-Paris underground network unburdened her of guilt.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024

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