EXORCISE in a Sentence

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By incantation and prayer, the medicine man sought to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of the young warrior.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXORCISE
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exorcise
 v.  drive out evil spirits by or as if by incantation, command, or prayer
Classic Sentence:
1  If Saul could have had you for his David, the evil spirit would have been exorcised without the aid of the harp.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
Example Sentence:
1  By incantation and prayer, the medicine man sought to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of the young warrior.