catharsis

On day three, a catharsis would begin like the Mississippi overflowing its banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

She questions her devotion to her career, worrying about the physical toll it takes, but ultimately finds catharsis in the primal power of her own voice.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

"There was an amazing kind of collective catharsis," Wilde told AFP at the Hollywood premiere of her new film, in which she shares the screen with Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penelope Cruz.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

I suspect that no such event will ever occur, but if it does it probably won’t follow that sort of script or deliver a satisfactory catharsis.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

Zendagi migzara, Afghans like to say: Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, kamyab, nah-kam, crisis or catharsis, moving forward like a slow, dusty car­avan of kochis.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

Drawing from his life in Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, Mr. Kahan writes about quiet moments in small towns that lead to grand catharses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

But, over time, as they peel away each other’s defenses and histories, their romance both deepens and frays as they find their way to possible catharses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2021

This can make for a frustrating viewing experience in the moment, a film whose moral ambiguities and incomplete catharses don’t map onto a known horror template.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2019

With midrange adult dramas increasingly being concerned with personal portraiture and psycho-emotional catharses, sharp, thematically pertinent movies are in danger of being relegated to metaphorical kitsch, however smart and well executed.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2017

It’s a compact, powerful book, filled with catharses you didn’t know you needed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2016