Examples of exorcise in a Sentence

The movie is about a priest who tries to exorcise demons from a young girl. please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary

Recent Examples on the Web Procession gives them the chance to exorcise those demons. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2021 Sometimes, the only way to exorcise such demons is by going out again and getting it right the second time. — Wynn Mcdonald, The Enquirer, 14 Nov. 2021 On a brisk Halloween night at Truist Park on Sunday, the Atlanta Braves had a chance to exorcise their city’s recent sports demons. — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2021 Carolina aims to bounce back from a heartbreaking 34-28 overtime loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon, as quarterback Sam Darnold looks to exorcise his MetLife Stadium demons. — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2021 At Bloomingdale’s, speaking softly over the din of discount furniture shoppers, Ulman admits that making the film was, in some sense, an attempt to exorcise demons. — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2021 Corey Crawford made 23 saves to record the victory -- and exorcise some demons after allowing goals in consecutive overtimes in a first-round departure at the hands of the Coyotes last year -- and Toews had a goal and an assist for the Hawks. — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 18 Oct. 2021 But this is, among other things, a vividly eloquent movie about the futility of language, its inability to represent the full scope of our intentions and experiences, much less exorcise our deepest pains. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021 Saturday afternoon when New York failed to clinch a playoff berth, the clubs still have nine more innings to cover, one more game to win, a pair of pursuers to fend off, demons to exorcise. — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2021

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