tormented
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Throughout “Said the Dead,” we strain to identify the tormented Reader, who appears early on at the door of the book’s anonymous narrator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
That last one is how John solves the season’s overarching mystery, settling one of the story’s defining and tormented relationships into a peaceful place.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
“You do not seem to be tormented by what you did.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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
He wanted to ask her, but he did not, because he feared she would tell him the truth and he feared he would forever be tormented by it.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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