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
A tormenting 16-3 defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC wild-card round sent the Chargers’ season to an early finish Sunday for the second consecutive season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 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
But to quench the tormenting fire frying him in his clothes, he leaped overboard into the deep river where ere they could recover him he was near drowned.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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