torment
Example Sentences
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The scene in which he torments his son by bouncing a basketball against his head was spoofed by Mike Myers' Dr Evil in the second Austin Powers film.
From BBC
Jiller had cleaned the cut on his forehead, but his head still ached, and Sheba's jeering words of warning tormented him.
From Literature
The court was told that McGuckin was "tormented by the screams" of Aaron's grandmother who came to the scene shortly after the collision.
From BBC
There was nothing tidy about the torment of the Chilean miners, though they did get themselves organized.
During the visit, she is flooded by memories of growing up, and of a group of girls who tormented her during her school days.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
