torment
Example Sentences
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"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.
From Barron's
You know, over grievance, anger, desire to become notorious — they wanted to enact their suicidal and vengeful fantasies on people they felt tormented them.
From Salon
Instead, as more and more sectors of Israeli society turn against him, and his hero story is transformed from savior to destroyer, it is the specter of Saul that torments his end.
From Los Angeles Times
Oblivion has always been an option of the spiritual search, offering liberation from the torments of tribe and identity — not to mention the nasty business of America First.
From Los Angeles Times
By the standards of other developed societies our sentences are extreme, and come with collateral torments — violence, isolation, mental illness, self-harm.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
