tormenter
Example Sentences
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But that vindictiveness seems to retreat — or is it deepening? — when Peter returns from school to visit his mother and, against all odds, begins to forge an odd kinship with his former tormenter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021
Howell's chief tormenter was Georgia Tech linebacker Charlie Thomas, who had 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles in the Tar Heels backfield.
From Fox News • Sep. 26, 2021
His chief tormenter was Georgia Tech linebacker Charlie Thomas, who had 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles in the Tar Heels backfield.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 25, 2021
It also gives the Raptors the world’s greatest LeBron stopper, albeit a few weeks after the team’s long-time tormenter moved to the Western Conference.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2018
The dog, liberated, stood quivering with delight at a safe distance, head on one side, tongue out, ready for the next move of his tormenter who was camped in the middle of the floor.
From Making Money by Johnson, Owen
