torture
Example Sentences
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After the crackdown in January, Sheikhi fled to the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq, fearing arrest and torture back home, where the moustached, bespectacled man had been no stranger to anti-government protests.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Israel's government has rejected accusations of widespread ill-treatment and torture of detainees, and insisted that it is fully committed to international legal standards.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
For other kinds of travelers, that sounds like torture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
I’m hearing what feels like your peak frustration with the “John Yoo special”: As long as it’s not organ failure, it’s not torture.
From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026
That evening, I torture myself by reading our Facebook messages, going back to the very beginning.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
