tormenting

Example Sentences

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Owner Tara Zaman said they targeted the shop several times, "taking things" and "taunting" and "tormenting" her staff.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“I love the people I work with. When you love something, it’s tormenting to lose it.”

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

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

I had thought Ucho was done tormenting me, but he came back with a surprising vengeance.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis