give vent to
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They give vent to feelings of abandonment, worthlessness, despair and alienation.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2022
Neither were they out to give vent to their grievances.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2020
On occasion its officials give vent to their Pacific counterparts about American assertiveness and Australasian complicity.
From Economist ● Sep. 1, 2016
While horror filmmaking can give vent to underlying anxieties of the cultural collective, a psychic safety valve, the genre is also typically seen as something disreputable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2015
They wanted him to exercise such qualities on the people, so that they might double their salary and give vent to their avarice and cruelty.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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