exorcise

Example Sentences

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The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

"We start in that world where we're shackled, and then we exorcise it," Taylor explains.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2025

As durability has become less of a concern — Leonard has played in 30 and George 32 of the team’s 34 games — the Clippers have shown an ability to exorcise other past demons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2024

In the evocative dance track “Become the Lies,” Vasquez tries to exorcise the memory of his absent father, whose spirit lingers doggedly behind him like a shadow.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

And he clenched his fists and began to plead the blood, to exorcise the hosts of Hell, but even this motion was like another motion, and at length he fell on his knees to pray.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin