purgatorial
adjective
pur·ga·to·ri·al
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Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 The purgatorial seating has a psychological effect on the service. — Bill Addison, latimes.com, "Is Spago relevant? Our critic talks through three (very different) recent meals," 27 June 2019 Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Houston Chronicle, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 29 June 2019 Burroughs was an ethereal intermediary between here and the fiery beyond, pausing to give us the purgatorial skinny. — Alexander C. Kafka, Washington Post, "How David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Patti Smith and other musicians fell for William S. Burroughs," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'purgatorial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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