tormenting

Example Sentences

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Owner Tara Zaman said they targeted the shop several times, "taking things" and "taunting" and "tormenting" her staff.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Fofana and Allan Saint-Maximin, on in place of Edouard and Said, continued the tormenting of PFC as they combined to add two goals in stoppage time.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

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

From Salon • Dec. 2, 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

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