tormented
Example Sentences
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Users were plunged into their own sleepless, tormented isolation and symptoms of profound mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Kvaratskhelia and Dembele combined for the game's defining moment, while 20-year-old Desire Doue - the young face of the new PSG - tormented Vincent Kompany's side, coming close on several occasions in the second half.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Zac, a “swaggering tormented fabulist,” had invented a back story in a city where money talks and no one speaks about its provenance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
They moved on to the titular boxer in "Creed," tormented by his father's legacy, and the villainous Killmonger of "Black Panther," traumatized by being an orphan in a racist world.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
Why am I up here alone like this, being tormented by something I can’t even see?
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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