cathartic

The meal felt, in a twisted way, cathartic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Those moments don't come up very often with long-running shows so I thought it might be cathartic and a nice way to say goodbye as a writer," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

But instead they ramped it back up for one last cathartic blast to close, sending their faithful out onto Hollywood Boulevard, sweaty and filthy and fundamentally known.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

So does the movie, to a degree; Mr. Sarnoski isn’t interested in portraying violence as exciting or cathartic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

And passionate, cathartic church, that was black church.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

Children and infants present difficulties because they cannot explain their com plaints and because parents too often give destructive cathartics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eighteen years ago, before the profession in general had really begun its modern investigation of cathartics, the American Medical Association published a handbook on the subject written by Dr. Fantus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appendicitis is another situation where cathartics may not be used without discretion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Castor oil and calomel are drastic cathartics, should be taken only on advice of a physician.

From Time Magazine Archive

May we not give diuretics and drastic cathartics in dropsy?

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd