instrument of torture
Example Sentences
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The title has a double meaning - referring to the chief whip who tries to push through abolition, as well as the instrument of torture.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2020
Every time the spoon zoomed towards his little mouth, a flare of panic went up inside him and the fear built up until food was a terrifying, gag-inducing instrument of torture.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2019
Nerve-jangling, noisy, and not even all that satisfying to win, Operation is more of an instrument of torture than a fun way to spend an afternoon.
From Slate • Nov. 28, 2018
She thought it a relic, scrapped after it was depicted as an instrument of torture in the 1975 movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2016
Gertrude’s ladies took pride in their needlework, but to me the thin, sharp steel was an instrument of torture.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
