place of torment
Example Sentences
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After graduation, Adams went to teach school at Worcester, a "place of torment" where nobody had any ideas and everybody voiced them vigorously.
From Time Magazine Archive
Get thee back to thy place of torment!
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
How they escaped from the stifling, sloppy, grimy place of torment they could not have told, had the saving of an immortal soul depended upon such telling.
From A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage by Morris, Clara
Indeed, many a sick person is surprised to find that the bed which had seemed so infinitely desirable can change into a place of torment after a few short days of illness.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
Was she now dead—and was this the place of torment?
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
