cathartic

Example Sentences

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“This has been the hardest experience of my life so far, and expressing that openly has been cathartic,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

During tracks about grief and loneliness, like the cathartic “Charcoal Baby,” only Hynes could get the entire crowd to head bang.

From Los Angeles Times

The crowd, that had been trying to will the Mariners to a run all night, enjoyed a cathartic release of emotion after being gifted with three of them at once.

From Seattle Times

As a wave of middle fingers gleefully shot up during a cathartic “I Hate You” near the end of the night, it was safe to say: mission accomplished.

From Seattle Times

So it’s disruptive, and then cathartic, to watch Dafoe’s primal performance dominate this museum/mausoleum and force us to side with humanity.

From New York Times