unburden
verb (used with object)
to free from a burden.
were 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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“I felt like people needed to get this off their chest. It was almost like they were unburdening themselves.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
“They were unburdening themselves and trying to explain and convey what kind of a country are we, what do we believe?”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022
It was as though he were unburdening that hoary soul of his because it could no longer endure the grandeur of its own loneliness.
From When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot by Henry Rider Haggard
"I did see a speck of red through the crack," he confessed after a minute, as if he were unburdening his conscience of a crime.
From The Miller Of Old Church by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
