exorcise

The Glasgow club will hope to exorcise the disappointment of last season's third-place finish under new manager Derek McInnes.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

I needed to exorcise this thing so it could join the world!

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

They attempted in vain to exorcise the spirits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025

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

"She exorcises herself through the use of song, which was really brilliant to do."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

While it never glorifies slavery or secession, it exorcises a spirit of mourning.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2023

In a tearful embrace with De Palma late in the tale, Barrera exorcises Carmen’s pent-up sorrow, convincing us that she is capable of great dramatic nuance, even if the writing doesn’t explore her character’s psychology.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2023

“I really don’t think it exorcises any demons or anything like that. That game is over and has been played.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

This maxim exorcises the spirits of revolt, of anger, discouragement, vengeance, indignation, and ambition, which rise one after another to tempt and trouble the heart, swelling with the sap of the spring.

From Amiel's Journal by Mrs. Humphry Ward

"You will see a change in behaviour... a different consciousness. Something else takes over a person," Syquia said, noting he had personally exorcised a demon only a week earlier.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The 28-year-old has been haunted by a comment he made as he struggled in a game against the Patriots in 2019, when he said "I'm seeing ghosts", but Darnold has now exorcised those demons.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2026

But if there were any chance of changing my mind and taking the plunge, watching “Welcome to Derry” has permanently exorcised any phantom longings.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

What’s odd about Hellebuyck’s latest meltdown is that just a few weeks ago, it appeared as though he’d exorcised his big-game demons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2025

But the hand of the professional decorator had exorcised whatever ghosts of the French bourgeoisie might still haunt the thick brick walls of the building.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

LeBron James has 32 points as the Lakers get a second win in Sacramento in three days, exorcising past demons of being dominated recently by their rivals to the north.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024

Mr. Brötzmann described his style as a means of exorcising demons — particularly those of Germany’s crimes against humanity in World War II.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

“The humiliation took a firm grip on him and has colored much of his work. He himself describes his writing as a way of exorcising demons,” the Swedish Academy said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

"He himself describes his writing as a way of exorcising demons," with his novels frequently depicting a world knocked off its axis by dark, disturbing forces.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2023

They were not arresting a man, they were exorcising fear.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy