How to Use unburden in a Sentence

unburden

verb

• 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

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024