catharsis

Example Sentences

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“It was a very difficult moment, and so I think the film, in some ways, was a bit of a catharsis for me in a personal way.”

From Seattle Times

Hyping his teammates after they connect on a vicious kill or rocket an ace over the net feels like catharsis for Briggs.

From Los Angeles Times

But that rehearsed theatricality didn’t stop her from offering her audience a grand catharsis.

From Washington Post

Obama felt “a palpable shift” in the country’s mood and a sense of catharsis after the Abbottabad raid, he later wrote.

From Washington Post

Throughout, Rico’s catharsis seems more earned than by that generation of stuff-breakers.

From Washington Post