torment

Garland wasted no time giving Clippers fans something to smile about after an offseason of torment and transformation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Garnacho, who first made his name as a livewire teenager, has shown in the past he can torment defences at Premier League level.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

As if Wendy’s hands, heart and day planner weren’t full enough, a panicky Jack determines to win her back, much to her torment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

She fights her inner torment as much as any exterior force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

After they had been driving along for such a time that Lyra’s body was in torment from cramp, the pace slackened a little, and someone roughly pulled off the hood.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Levi described being deeply shaken by his encounter with the book, and by the guilt that torments Josef K despite his innocence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

After spending time in the divine abyss, we’re back in reality, ripped from the stratosphere and placed into one of life’s most mundane torments: the hygienist’s chair.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

But like many of those who saved lives that day, she still torments herself.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

Backstory: The bitter rivalry between screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford helped propel this film about an aging onetime child star who torments her sister, a paraplegic former actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

Berlioz never flinched from reminding whoever would listen of his great troubles and adversities, nor from absorbing those torments in his music, much of which is richly rewarding to listen to.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

I think people assume that the guy who created “The Twilight Zone” and was this really creepy, ominous host must have been this very dark and tormented person.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

It’s been a bit of a bummer summer, especially on the men’s side, where injuries have tormented the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

In painful detail, she described the splitting headaches, body aches, chills, high fevers and hallucinations that had tormented her for days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Noxious smoke and an influx of rats and flies attracted to rotting meat stored at the facility have tormented neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Both were tormented by the same question: What had German scientists told Hitler about the possibility of building atomic bombs?

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Nothing that caused Brazil a scintilla of concern, but it was a breather, a break from the tormenting ways of Brazil's phenomenon on the left wing if nothing else.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

The pressure creeps up gradually, almost imperceptible day to day, tormenting inhabitants with uncertainty as they watch their city close down around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

A tormenting 16-3 defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC wild-card round sent the Chargers’ season to an early finish Sunday for the second consecutive season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

Who could’ve guessed that a spin on “A Christmas Carol” that follows a woman with a bad haircut tormenting her neighbors might not be the most amiable take on this heartwarming story?

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

The bulldog who’d been tormenting the old dog at the dumpster.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein