tormentor
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The tension comes from Odd Henderson, a schoolyard bully and tireless tormentor of Buddy, a character based on the young Capote.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Tenor Roy Hage is the amiable Volmar, Hildegard’s confidant in the monastery and baritone David Adam Moore her tormentor abbot.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
England were left six overs to bat, in which time Ben Duckett played an awful hack to drag on off the retiring Tim Southee and Zak Crawley was lbw to his tormentor Matt Henry.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
But you say, he's important because he’s his redemption and also his tormentor.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
He was the tormentor, he was the protector, he was the inquisitor, he was the friend.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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