casting out

Example Sentences

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First, make sure to catch weeds before they flower, spreading new seeds around your garden, casting out more future weeds.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2021

Yet if precedence is any guide, the industry will continue to issue apologies and make earnest-sounding promises — it is already casting out its designated monsters.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2018

"For many choirs, Christmas is their main concert of the year, so they start preparing and casting out for ideas in the spring," says Chilcott.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2018

“It’s not like we’re casting out these wide nets … and just randomly listening to people or randomly reading emails,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2018

“You know as well as I do that casting out the church won’t do you a bit of good,” I advised him.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez