How do you use Exorcise in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like exorcize or exclude, plus the exact meaning.
Exorcise meaning
- To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
- To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.
Synonyms of Exorcise
Using Exorcise
- The main meaning on this page is: To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer. | To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.
- Useful related words include: exorcize, boot out, turf out, kick out.
- In the example corpus, exorcise often appears in combinations such as: to exorcise, exorcise the.
Context around Exorcise
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Exorcise
- In this selection, "exorcise" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, narrator, biden, past, evil and amel stand out and add context to how "exorcise" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include alliance to exorcise this spectre and attempt to exorcise the ghosts. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "exorcise" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with exorcise
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Can Biden exorcise the ghosts of Iraq? (7 words)
They also sell magical herbs white sage and yerba santa to exorcise and cleanse. (14 words)
The second time is when Priest Lankester Merrin tries to exorcise the demon from Regan. (15 words)
Against Miami, the Irish seemed to exorcise many of the demons that have plagued them all season, especially when they went on a 20-0 run at the start of the second half. (33 words)
With the help of a mismatched group of newfound friends, Planchette has to figure out how to exorcise her new home, lest her dreams of escaping the suburbs are crushed forever. (31 words)
In villages, there are dreadful, recorded cases of patients being locked up in homes during the day, being tied to trees or even being flogged to exorcise evil spirits. (29 words)
Can Biden exorcise the ghosts of Iraq? (7 words)
Example sentences (17)
But the return of her fitness foil Bunny (Della Saba) allows her to repent for her original sin, and exorcise one of her biggest demons in the process.
The archdiocese of San Francisco says it didn’t supply the “priests” to exorcise the demons in Nancy’s house, but that’s not dispositive.
The second time is when Priest Lankester Merrin tries to exorcise the demon from Regan.
But first, he has to exorcise some demons in what should be a classic with The Patriarch.
Against Miami, the Irish seemed to exorcise many of the demons that have plagued them all season, especially when they went on a 20-0 run at the start of the second half.
A small army of backup singers create an oddly jubilant mood within a song that helps its narrator exorcise past heartbreak.
Can Biden exorcise the ghosts of Iraq?
It's as if the February Razr was a haunted house and this new version is Motorola's attempt to exorcise the ghosts.
With the help of a mismatched group of newfound friends, Planchette has to figure out how to exorcise her new home, lest her dreams of escaping the suburbs are crushed forever.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg in 1967, partly to exorcise his feelings at having a disabled child.
In villages, there are dreadful, recorded cases of patients being locked up in homes during the day, being tied to trees or even being flogged to exorcise evil spirits.
The son, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, kidnapped his own child in order to exorcise him of the physical disabilities his father attributed to demonic possession.
They also sell magical herbs white sage and yerba santa to exorcise and cleanse.
All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre".
Conspirators, unhappy with the young king's policies, assassinate the royal couple in Khayman's house while they were attempting to exorcise Amel, who had been tormenting Khayman.
Once the sagwara has determined the spirit's name through the use of divination, he prescribes a routine formula to exorcise the spirit.
Though Skimpole brutally sends up Leigh Hunt, some critics have detected in his portrait features of Dickens's own character, which he sought to exorcise by self-parody.
Common combinations with exorcise
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to exorcise 14×
- exorcise the 6×