purgative

Example Sentences

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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

The last act of a Shakespearean tragedy always brings such purgative reckonings.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2018

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

Dosed on Pepto Bismol for Quetzal’s Revenge after a week in the jungle, I didn’t think a purgative was necessary, nor, in the unreal surroundings, a hallucination.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2013

Is there the purgative rhubarb or thyme that cures the long lethargy?

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein