purgative

Example Sentences

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The work took on an industrial, purgative edge.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

The juxtaposition of such a technologically enabled act — I recorded, therefore I was — and the most basic and purgative of elements invites irony where it is least wanted.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018

And this, too, felt like a purgative end to 2016.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

I knew that my impulsive behavior was sparked by the emotional energy I had just absorbed from Pud’s funeral, and somehow I felt this a necessary finale, or purgative.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2015

Rufus had poured the purgative into his chamber pot and ordered me to tell his father he’d taken it.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler