torture

Example Sentences

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The aunt of a man who died in prison has told the court deciding on compensation owed that trying to get answers since his death has been "torture".

From BBC

Right when I thought that I couldn’t stand another minute of this torture, Callaway showed up, his characteristic smile on his face.

From Literature

"They have not been tortured. They have not suffered any inhumane treatment since they were captured."

From BBC

When I have a lot to do, time shrinks, but when I want something over with, it stretches and yawns, and laughs at my torture.

From Literature

And Kate Bush’s immortal 1978 single, with its swooping, operatic drama, interpretive dance–filled video and ghostly narrator only strengthened the book’s rep as a tale of exquisitely tortured love.

From Salon