exorcise
Example Sentences
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The modern West tried to exorcise these demons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
"I had one song that I needed to exorcise," she says.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
I needed to exorcise this thing so it could join the world!
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
With a first-round matchup against the Golden Knights or Kings, Demers said “Edmonton just needs to exorcise those demons.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024
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
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