purging

Example Sentences

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“What goes around comes around,” Kavanaugh said, noting that if Cook could be removed, future presidents of either party might feel justified in purging sitting governors.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

They’re not fixing the business model, but rather purging the patients who make it look broken.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

We have got used to Amorim speaking from the heart and, in explaining why he said what he did at Grimsby, it was as though he was purging himself.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

Unlike disordered-eating behaviors like binging or purging, which often prompt concern or intervention, orthorexic actions are likely to be overlooked or even praised.

From Slate • May 25, 2025

“Marse Tom don’t hardly get Doc West for ague. He says all the doc knows is bleeding and blistering and purging and puking and making folks sicker than they was to start.”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler