torturous
Example Sentences
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“I’m am sorry to write this but after a really really difficult and torturous battle Brian Wolfe passed away early this morning,” Rachell Wolfe wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
She added this mean no-one would have to experience "torturous symptoms in their final days, weeks, occasionally months, and the positive impact of that cannot be understated".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
As “John of John” unspools the lies and fights in the torturous father-son relationship, it captures the stark, workaday rhythms of the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
That picture is complex, but ruminating on your actions can quickly become torturous.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
And, much as she hated herself for these torturous and unconfessable pleasures, she hated her mother more for being their instrument.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing torturous
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