torment

What to do after writing some of this century’s most devastating songs about the torment of breaking up?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

They added that since the fatal crash, they "have lived every day since then in torment — without peace, without answers, and without accountability".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

But it’s mainly funny because this is what the Mets are: a habitually soul-crushing outfit that, especially when expectations are high, finds fresh and horrifying methods to torment its most loyal fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Such is the nature of their American torment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026

And there were a couple of girls, Gina Navarro and Susie Byrd, who liked to torment me as a hobby.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Even at a distance - about a quarter of a mile away - the acrid smell torments my nostrils.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

Solange’s disgusting behavior as she torments her housemates is what the Eggers seem to be getting at.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

“Sleep and be separated for some few hours from all the torments you have devised for yourself.”

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

The rearrangement allowed Shankly to recall Toshack, who had been left out of the initial match, and he and Keegan tormented the Germans in a 3-0 victory, Liverpool subsequently winning 3-2 on aggregate.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tell me, Christopher Nolan, when did it first rosy-fingered dawn on you that your favorite type of protagonist — a tormented sinner-hero — was a specialty of the ancient Greeks?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Throughout the book, Mr. Rasenberger never loses sight of the tormented double nature of the early American experiment—bondage in the land of the free—nor does he seek to sink one with the other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

And the officials who tormented Landor, he concluded, did not provide that consent, so the lawsuit has to fail.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

At dinner, an older boy named Vic Morgeroff had tormented Reynie for using the word “enjoyable” to describe the book he was reading.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

They forced Snell to labor through 29 pitches, tormenting him with an array of foul balls and refusing to go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2025

Mary Dunbar had accused them of bewitching and tormenting her.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

For the second night in a row, Thomas went to bed with the haunted image of Ben’s face burned into his mind, tormenting him.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner