purgatorial
adjective
pur·ga·to·ri·al
ˌpər-gə-ˈtȯr-ē-əl 
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The very strongest moments of DMV, CBS’ brand-new single-cam, tap into that sense of stuck-ness, intensified by clocking in each day to that most purgatorial of government institutions.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
With a staggering number of mixes to his name, Screw’s magnum opus remains 3 ‘n the Mornin’ (Part Two), an hour-long purgatorial journey through Houston’s mid-’90s underground scene.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
For the characters on this purgatorial journey from the middle of nowhere to the back end of beyond, that God is the unseen force that gradually thins their number, saps their spirits and forces them to consider the idea of life after hope.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Mickey is racked with guilt over a fateful childhood mistake, and so his purgatorial existence, in which he is denied the pleasures of life and the closure of death, becomes a demented search for grace.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
With a staggering number of mixes to his name, Screw’s magnum opus remains 3 ‘n the Mornin’ (Part Two), an hour-long purgatorial journey through Houston’s mid-’90s underground scene.
—Pitchfork, 30 Sep. 2025
For the characters on this purgatorial journey from the middle of nowhere to the back end of beyond, that God is the unseen force that gradually thins their number, saps their spirits and forces them to consider the idea of life after hope.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Mickey is racked with guilt over a fateful childhood mistake, and so his purgatorial existence, in which he is denied the pleasures of life and the closure of death, becomes a demented search for grace.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Purgatorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purgatorial. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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