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How to use exorcise in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb

Exorcise means to drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer. Example: “The priest attempted to exorcise the evil spirit from the house.”

Examples of exorcise by meaning

verbTo drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

  • The priest attempted to exorcise the evil spirit from the house.
  • The ritual was performed to exorcise the demons from the village.

verbTo rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.

  • They hired a specialist to exorcise the haunted object.

More sentences with exorcise

  • He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil.From the entry possessed
  • He must first, however, take a complete bath in exorcised water.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 152. From the entry exorcised
  • Instead of ignoring bias, of tacitly assuming that it has been somehow exorcised by writers, M.1926, Victor S. Yarros, “Social science, subjectivism, and the art of thinking”, in The Open Court: A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the…. From the entry discounted
  • But this letting-in of the three-dimensional world exorcised the vision.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 462. From the entry letting-in
  • In order to exorcise this she-devil, the attendants made circles on the walls with charcoal, within each was written: "Adam, Eve, Lilas, avaunt!"1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 114. From the entry avaunt
  • All attempts to exorcise the Devil based on a monotheistic outlook will ultimately reinforce the categories that produce Brazil's dilemmaticity and, thus, reproduce the conditions for the Devil's reappearance.2008, Mark Mazower, Networks of Power in Modern Greece: Essays in Honour of John Campbell, Hurst & Company, page 250. From the entry dilemmaticity
  • First she brought in an ojha to exorcise the house, and when this produced no effect, she consulted a hakim, who purveyed Yunani medicines, and a vaid who practised Ayurveda.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 154. From the entry ojha

Meaning of exorcise

  1. verb To drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.
  2. verb To rid (a person, place or thing) of an evil spirit.

Full definition of exorcise

Questions about exorcise in a sentence

How do you use exorcise in a sentence?
Exorcise is used as a verb. For example: “The priest attempted to exorcise the evil spirit from the house.”
What is a short sentence with exorcise?
“They hired a specialist to exorcise the haunted object.”
What does exorcise mean?
Exorcise means to drive out (an evil spirit) from a person, place or thing, especially by an incantation or prayer.

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