torment

Now ebullient, now maudlin, Herzen can be suddenly, embarrassingly intimate—as when describing the torment of jealousy that gripped him upon learning of his wife’s brief affair with a German romantic poet, Georg Herwegh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He said the families of those killed and injured will be experiencing "torment".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Still, Messinger, 85 years old, described the same torment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

He is accompanied on his reluctant journey to the finish line with a group of characters who by turns torment and placate him.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026

What if him trying to kiss me was just a way of trying to torment me?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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

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

But like many of those who saved lives that day, she still torments herself.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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

Anxiety about debt torments defectors inside Hanawon, the head nurse told me.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

About a month after that, the financier, tormented by fears of further investigation, died of apoplexy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

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

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

In the classroom he cajoled and badgered and tormented and loved.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

"It's like he's mocking and tormenting us," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The pressure creeps up gradually, almost imperceptible day to day, tormenting inhabitants with uncertainty as they watch their city close down around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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

“I love the people I work with. When you love something, it’s tormenting to lose it.”

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025

The old woman says you don’t have to be in a state of grace to get a few ashes on your forehead and tells Malachy stop tormenting his poor little brother.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt