- present participle of torment.
tormenting
Example Sentences
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Fofana and Allan Saint-Maximin, on in place of Edouard and Said, continued the tormenting of PFC as they combined to add two goals in stoppage time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026
They forced Snell to labor through 29 pitches, tormenting him with an array of foul balls and refusing to go down easily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025
Mary Dunbar had accused them of bewitching and tormenting her.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
He predicts that in America, authoritarianism would “degrade men without tormenting them. ... The will of man is not shattered but softly softened, bent, and guided.”
From Salon ● May 17, 2025
The bulldog who’d been tormenting the old dog at the dumpster.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
