purgative

Example Sentences

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At times wild and purgative, the album is also full of moments like this one: poised, stubbornly hopeful, grounded in Lake’s memories of a more revolutionary age and seeking to stir that energy up again.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022

Taking out the trash is like administering a purgative to my house.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2019

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

The Council of Trent, which had been convened in response to the threat posed by Protestantism, had ended only two years previously and the counter-Reformation, with its purgative restatement of Catholic first principles, was underway.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013

Bottles of rye, purgative waters and eaux for every conceivable toilette made a companionable click in his worn carpet bag.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison