tormented
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Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing a skate that showed he had achieved his desire to “move on” from the Olympics after days tormented by his mistakes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
They moved on to the titular boxer in "Creed," tormented by his father's legacy, and the villainous Killmonger of "Black Panther," traumatized by being an orphan in a racist world.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Most of the unhappy denizens of Dante’s imagined hell are being eternally tormented for specific moral crimes in categories covering lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
The court was told that McGuckin was "tormented by the screams" of Aaron's grandmother who came to the scene shortly after the collision.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026
I could still see the tormented faces shimmering in the fabric I walked to the edge of the river.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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