cathartic

Example Sentences

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“This book is not cathartic for me — let’s just go there,” Applegate says.

From Los Angeles Times

After a difficult first season following his move from Sporting Lisbon, Gyokeres' goals were as cathartic for the Sweden striker as Eze's were for him.

From Barron's

He told a virtual panel the following month that playing a role "so close" to him had been challenging but "cathartic".

From BBC

"There's something very cathartic in engaging in horror. It's been like this in previous decades: when the world is more frightening, horror as a genre does better," he added.

From Barron's

The rich Redfellows get dispatched one by one in scenes that are fun but empty — neither cathartic nor comic, simply boxes to be checked off to great big poundings of thunder and harpsichords.

From Los Angeles Times