casting out
Example Sentences
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Social media is awash in content about the arcane: how-tos for spellcasting, psychics claiming to foretell the future and endless posts about casting out demons.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2026
By casting out a constellation of exceptions, the authors, who certainly were not alone in this type of work, attempted to show that underneath all the media hype, real people were still sharing real community.
From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2021
"For many choirs, Christmas is their main concert of the year, so they start preparing and casting out for ideas in the spring," says Chilcott.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2018
Wasn’t the feminist movement about being free of supposed patriarchal control, about casting out perceived misogynistic influences from society?
From Washington Times • Feb. 10, 2018
My father was still standing at the end of the reef, patiently casting out, waiting for nengkan to manifest itself as a fish.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
