PURGE in a Sentence

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In the purge that followed the student demonstrations, the government hunted down the dissident students and their supporters.

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 Meanings and Examples of PURGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
purge
 v.  remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify
Classic Sentence:
1  Thinking to purge the city, the population is blanched like plants raised in cellars.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
2  When I went out to the Commons, I charged Mrs. Crupp with particular directions to leave the windows open, that my sitting-room might be aired, and purged of his presence.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. GOOD AND BAD ANGELS
3  We passed the night at the old house, which, freed from the presence of the Heeps, seemed purged of a disease; and I lay in my old room, like a shipwrecked wanderer come home.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. Mr. MICAWBER'S TRANSACTIONS
Example Sentence:
1  He sought to purge the Democrat party of conservatives.
2  His first act as leader was to purge the party of extremists.
3  The leadership voted to purge the party of "hostile and anti-party elements".
4  The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officers.
5  So it shouldn't be a surprise that county voter registrars received a list of 29,000 alleged felons to purge from the rolls.
6  In the purge that followed the student demonstrations, the government hunted down the dissident students and their supporters.
7  Hard-liners are expected to be purged from the administration.
8  It's hard to imagine now that Lawrence's novels were purged from public libraries.
9  He purged extremists from the party.
10  He recently purged the armed forces, sending hundreds of officers into retirement.
11  Aristotle maintained that tragedy created a catharsis by purging the soul of base concepts.