cathartic

Example Sentences

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My City of Ruins’ in particular, with its images of rain, wind and empty streets — punctuated by the repeated ‘rise up!’ — was chilling and cathartic.”

From Salon

It’s cathartic to watch it play out — especially on such a dramatic, epic scale — and to microdose the experience you’ve been through before, even if the circumstances are entirely different.

From Los Angeles Times

Moreover, her tears never felt cathartic but only draining.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dean faces strong competition from fellow Brit Lola Young, whose cathartically confrontational single Messy was a breakout hit last year.

From BBC

“It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board,” the rapper said at the time.

From Los Angeles Times