tormenting

Example Sentences

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“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

Alexander Isak, who showed his brilliance by tormenting Arsenal on Tuesday and scoring a goal at the Emirates, is a complete non-starter.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 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