exorcise

Example Sentences

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I needed to exorcise this thing so it could join the world!

From Los Angeles Times

Mattis insisted that America, with its latest financial package, was finally “exorcising our last ghosts” from the Vietnam era.

From Washington Post

A woman whose childhood pen pal suddenly stopped writing after fleeing the Rwanda genocide has written a novel to "exorcise the grief of not knowing what happened" to her.

From BBC

For me, this was a way of exorcising this evil.

From New York Times

Eschewing costumes and makeup, he recorded different expressions on his unadorned face, explaining that he was “exorcising my own resentment in the face of this situation.”

From New York Times