torment

Example Sentences

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Such is the nature of their American torment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

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

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

The general thrust of the changes were to de-melodramatize Salieri’s action and to focus more attention on his guilt and metaphysical torment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

And this is why Rapaport is such a well-played torment.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

He stamped me with a belief in justice, then drenched me in culpability, and I wouldn’t wish such torment even on a mosquito.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver