- present participle of torment.
tormenting
Example Sentences
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“I love the people I work with. When you love something, it’s tormenting to lose it.”
From Salon • Dec. 2, 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
“Guys, you’ve got to stop tormenting each other,” I said, as we made our way down the highway.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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