torment

The following track, “Death Wish,” is about the torment of a new love gone bad, and it unfolds over plucked acoustic guitars and a distant bass drum that sounds like a heartbeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Then came a period of torment for Brau-Boirie.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

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

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

It was only nine miles over easy terrain, but the blackfly made it a torment.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

Levi described being deeply shaken by his encounter with the book, and by the guilt that torments Josef K despite his innocence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

The scene in which he torments his son by bouncing a basketball against his head was spoofed by Mike Myers' Dr Evil in the second Austin Powers film.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 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

Berlioz never flinched from reminding whoever would listen of his great troubles and adversities, nor from absorbing those torments in his music, much of which is richly rewarding to listen to.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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

After all, it has plenty of the hallmarks of a classic Nolan film: It’s an epic about a tormented hero pining after a wife and grappling with memory loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

His ambition was driven by ghosts and dysfunction, and he was well on his way to becoming one of those tormented “geniuses” who, in Carmy’s own words, just make everything worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

Working plumbing was scarce, and the lack of air-conditioning tormented scientists and engineers trying to function in the baking heat of California’s Central Valley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

A tormenting 16-3 defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC wild-card round sent the Chargers’ season to an early finish Sunday for the second consecutive season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

"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

Mary Dunbar had accused them of bewitching and tormenting her.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

The clouds were sitting on the land; they squeezed, produced moment by moment this close, tormenting heat.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding