unburden
verb (used with object)
to free from a burden.
was unburdening
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past progressiveof unburden.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“He was unburdening himself to a father figure,” Perl says.
From Washington Post
While M. Annion was unburdening his mind to M. Vicart, Juve left the Ministry whistling a march, and hailed a cab to take him to the Rue Monceau.
From A Royal Prisoner by Pierre Souvestre
Nancy McVeigh was unburdening a whole week's gossip whilst the priest helped himself generously to the jug of buttermilk which she had brought in from her churning.
From Nancy McVeigh of the Monk Road by R. Henry (Robert Henry) Mainer
His voice was now sweet, now piercing, and again far too dulcet with the overkindness of burlesque; and if, as it seemed, he was unburdening his spleen, his spleen was a powerful one and gorged.
From Gentle Julia by C. Allan Gilbert
As he was unburdening his sorrows, we visited the apartment.
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
