is exorcising
- present progressive of exorcise (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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If he is exorcising demons or working through his own emotions about the war through his painting or his work with veterans, he would never say so and would surely scoff at the idea.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
Hereditary feels so relentless at times, so eager to explore the dark places that most movies wouldn’t dare venture into, that it’s easy to wonder if Aster is exorcising some personal demons.
From The Verge ● Jun. 7, 2018
“Of all the challenges that the World Trade Center has had to face, perhaps the biggest one is exorcising the ghosts of the structures that it replaced.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2016
If the scientific method is an exorcist, it is exorcising not 'anything that can't be understood using physical laws', but rather, any alternate explanations for things that "can" be understood using physical laws.
From BBC ● May 3, 2013
Maybe Altman is exorcising some sort of masculine guilt here.
From Time Magazine Archive
