torment

What to do after writing some of this century’s most devastating songs about the torment of breaking up?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Reigning champion Rory McIlroy has the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history, but unusually hot and dry weather is set to firm up the course and torment the world’s best golfers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Racked with torment over her proximity to evil, Hilda makes a desperate confession to a Catholic priest, who happens to be a New Englander.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

After the torment of defeat in week one, Scotland are top of the table.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2026

We were not in this central zone, however, but at best on the edge of it, between it and the zone of turbulent, deflected, precipitation-laden storms that it sends continually to torment the subglacial lands.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

After spending time in the divine abyss, we’re back in reality, ripped from the stratosphere and placed into one of life’s most mundane torments: the hygienist’s chair.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

But like many of those who saved lives that day, she still torments herself.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

Solange’s disgusting behavior as she torments her housemates is what the Eggers seem to be getting at.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Anxiety about debt torments defectors inside Hanawon, the head nurse told me.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

The rearrangement allowed Shankly to recall Toshack, who had been left out of the initial match, and he and Keegan tormented the Germans in a 3-0 victory, Liverpool subsequently winning 3-2 on aggregate.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

His ambition was driven by ghosts and dysfunction, and he was well on his way to becoming one of those tormented “geniuses” who, in Carmy’s own words, just make everything worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

When the intrepid Gabriella encounters Zorro—not knowing who he is—and plants him a kiss on the mouth, Don Diego becomes tormented by a romantic rivalry with himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

And the officials who tormented Landor, he concluded, did not provide that consent, so the lawsuit has to fail.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

As she staggered with the bus’s movement my lack of gallantry tormented me.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

"It's like he's mocking and tormenting us," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

A tormenting 16-3 defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC wild-card round sent the Chargers’ season to an early finish Sunday for the second consecutive season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

Who could’ve guessed that a spin on “A Christmas Carol” that follows a woman with a bad haircut tormenting her neighbors might not be the most amiable take on this heartwarming story?

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

The old woman says you don’t have to be in a state of grace to get a few ashes on your forehead and tells Malachy stop tormenting his poor little brother.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt