torment

Example Sentences

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But the mother does not know what happened to him and describes the lack of answers as "mental torment".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

There was nothing tidy about the torment of the Chilean miners, though they did get themselves organized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Colombian writer-director Simón Mesa Soto’s acutely observed Cannes-recognized “A Poet” lays bare that torment with the tale of a has-been writer for whom exquisite suffering has curdled into garden-variety middle-age failure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

At best, participants in these spectacles fielded snarky jibes about outdated fashion and unsightly grooming; at worst, they were vulnerable to manipulation and torment from the experts tasked with overseeing their transformations.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 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