place of torment
Example Sentences
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After graduation, Adams went to teach school at Worcester, a "place of torment" where nobody had any ideas and everybody voiced them vigorously.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Greenlander's hell is a place of torment from cold; the Arab's, a place of torment from heat.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
How they escaped from the stifling, sloppy, grimy place of torment they could not have told, had the saving of an immortal soul depended upon such telling.
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara
In his dreams he beheld the place of torment with all its horrors.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
Then Sandy found his way back from his place of torment and he strode to the two in the middle of the room.
From A Son of the Hills by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)
