torture
Example Sentences
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She has spent years behind bars, and gained global attention for speaking out against the oppression of women and torture of dissidents under Iran’s theocratic regime.
Since OpenAI kicked off the AI revolution, Hollywood has eyed the AI industry with a tortured mix of excitement, wariness and hostility.
And I thought to myself, “Who is a wonderful tortured soul” — because Kendall’s really tortured — “that I could emulate?”
From Los Angeles Times
“You don’t know if she’s in awe, if she’s dying, if she’s getting tortured, if she’s in pain, if it is pleasure. There’s so many layers to this expression.”
From Los Angeles Times
At the Asian Pacific Family Center, a Asian immigrant father with a fatal cancer diagnosis recently came in with his schizophrenic daughter, tortured by the same concerns that Hang had about George, says Masuda.
From Los Angeles Times
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