How to Use cathartic in a Sentence

cathartic

adjective

• Rolling in the mud, to strike a piggy metaphor, can be cathartic.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023
• There's something cathartic about a punch in the nose.
  — Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated, 28 Jan. 2002
• The result: a cathartic yawp for bandmates and fans alike.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
• How cathartic can music be in the wake of a soul-sapping tragedy?
  — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 June 2017
• By midnight at Doyle’s, the effect of the talk and the beer was cathartic.
  — Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• But that wouldn’t be nearly as cathartic as a sword fight.
  — Douglas Watson, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2022
• The climax is cathartic and transcendent enough to smooth over any flaws along the way.
  — N. K. Jemisin, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2015
• In many ways, her story can be read as the cathartic last say of a survivor.
  — Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2019
• There was something almost cathartic about it in a way.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• That scene proved cathartic, but fear roiled and rumbled inside of her with each line of the script.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2021
• But this one was different and felt cathartic on both sides.
  — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 23 Nov. 2021
• Playing Kaylee, and being able to shed her at the end of the shoot, was cathartic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• The whole process has been cathartic for me and, from what others have posted, for them as well.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2021
• So getting to draw his neck is really cathartic for all of us.
  — Tracy Brown Producer, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
• In all honesty, the media tour was a little bit cathartic.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2018
• The most cathartic swear word is never going to be a universal.
  — Emma Byrne, Time, 23 Jan. 2018
• Sometimes a big, cathartic cry is just what's needed to make it through a tough week.
  — Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 29 Sep. 2020
• There’s something very cathartic about the violence of that scene.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2019
• Few spectacles are more cathartic than seeing them get knocked the hell out.
  — Ian Graber-Stiehl, The Root, 2 Oct. 2017
• Or that’s the goal, that a role could be actually cathartic for you.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2021
• So to have that kind of outlet was extremely cathartic.
  — Keith Langston, EW.com, 11 Oct. 2022
• Lone said getting to play these kinds of characters is cathartic for him.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2020
• There are no jump scares, slashings or cathartic screams and chases.
  — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 4 July 2019
• But sometimes a movie can, in the most cathartic ways, expose those problems.
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 9 May 2018
• It’s so cathartic, having all those emotions come out of your body.
  — Neal Justin, Star Tribune, 28 Aug. 2020
• That’s easy and cathartic and contains just enough truth to be acceptable.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 Nov. 2020
• There is a cathartic quality to working with wood that can be found most anywhere.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Apr. 2020
• In my shows, there’s several song s that are cathartic.
  — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 13 May 2023
• But for many people, protests are cathartic and useful.
  — Glamour, 5 May 2022
• Some survivors have told us that telling their stories publicly has been cathartic.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024