1. Millions of these books are shredded yearly or allowed to rot and gather dust in purgatorial existence.

2. • a Beleaguered politician • With school being such a lifeline for my Beleaguered psyche, the long summer vacation presented a uniquely gloomy and purgatorial prospect

3. Hard to unsee the DeCoteau in this after pd187 made the comparison, and (in addition to the tighty whities) Amatory does share similar purgatorial vibes to the ones accidentally conjures in his 1313 movies, though here that mood is entirely purposeful and the eroticism is genuinely arousing