torment

Garland wasted no time giving Clippers fans something to smile about after an offseason of torment and transformation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

What to do after writing some of this century’s most devastating songs about the torment of breaking up?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Still, Messinger, 85 years old, described the same torment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

They added that since the fatal crash, they "have lived every day since then in torment — without peace, without answers, and without accountability".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

“Now that you are among us, Cristiana is no longer the lowliest, and with her little authority, she must torment you,” Elnora explained with a weary patience.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Even at a distance - about a quarter of a mile away - the acrid smell torments my nostrils.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Levi described being deeply shaken by his encounter with the book, and by the guilt that torments Josef K despite his innocence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

After spending time in the divine abyss, we’re back in reality, ripped from the stratosphere and placed into one of life’s most mundane torments: the hygienist’s chair.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

Backstory: The bitter rivalry between screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford helped propel this film about an aging onetime child star who torments her sister, a paraplegic former actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

It brings on the flood of images that torments me, awake or asleep.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

Throughout “Said the Dead,” we strain to identify the tormented Reader, who appears early on at the door of the book’s anonymous narrator.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

I think people assume that the guy who created “The Twilight Zone” and was this really creepy, ominous host must have been this very dark and tormented person.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Having tormented North Macedonia, he allowed them off the hook, but he was a one-man thrill-fest.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

It’s been a bit of a bummer summer, especially on the men’s side, where injuries have tormented the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“I give up,” shouted the tormented man and went off to his work in the pulp magazine house.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The Brewers led MLB in batting average and on-base percentage, tormenting opponents with a tenacious, old-school approach that turned every at-bat into an existential battle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

While Putellas is now tormenting Women's Super League defences in the blue of London City, it is another forward in this country that perhaps has the best case for consideration.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 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

A tormenting 16-3 defeat to the New England Patriots in the AFC wild-card round sent the Chargers’ season to an early finish Sunday for the second consecutive season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026

For months, Annabeth had been tormenting herself, her every waking moment consumed with the search for Percy.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan