torment

Example Sentences

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Such is the nature of their American torment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

After the torment of defeat in week one, Scotland are top of the table.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

The general thrust of the changes were to de-melodramatize Salieri’s action and to focus more attention on his guilt and metaphysical torment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Tartakovsky conveys all of Spear’s torment, loneliness and the magnitude of his love with zero dialogue, only a wide-eyed stare into the distance as he lumbers along, pulled by the memory of an unfinished life.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

“Sweet mercy, Prince O., I pray you, don’t torment your own self. You ain’t going to find a father through numbers.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson