tormented
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Mr. Barris does draw effectively on West’s self-excoriating autobiography, “West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life,” and does try to interview everyone who matters to the Jerry West story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“I have a hole in my heart, a hole that can never be filled,” he acknowledged in his 2011 autobiography, “West by West: My Charmed and Tormented Life,” written with Jonathan Coleman.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2024
Tormented by sinful desires and intellectual hubris, Gervaise finally decides to assuage his religious doubts through a daring gambit: He challenges Satan to a chess match.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023
Tormented by unanswered questions, Yurii says they are almost envious of those who at least have remains to bury.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2022
Tormented by the fear of dying without having sent Amaranta Úrsula to Brussels, he worked as he had never done, and instead of one he made three weekly raffles.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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