torment

Garnacho, who first made his name as a livewire teenager, has shown in the past he can torment defences at Premier League level.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

He said the families of those killed and injured will be experiencing "torment".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The following track, “Death Wish,” is about the torment of a new love gone bad, and it unfolds over plucked acoustic guitars and a distant bass drum that sounds like a heartbeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

She fights her inner torment as much as any exterior force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

And there were a couple of girls, Gina Navarro and Susie Byrd, who liked to torment me as a hobby.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

So many torments get thrown at him he’s like a Job who needs a job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

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

But like many of those who saved lives that day, she still torments herself.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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

“Sleep and be separated for some few hours from all the torments you have devised for yourself.”

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

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

Omar Marmoush: Debutant was quickly parachuted into starting line-up, having tormented Newcastle so many times before with Manchester City.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

The rearrangement allowed Shankly to recall Toshack, who had been left out of the initial match, and he and Keegan tormented the Germans in a 3-0 victory, Liverpool subsequently winning 3-2 on aggregate.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Tell me, Christopher Nolan, when did it first rosy-fingered dawn on you that your favorite type of protagonist — a tormented sinner-hero — was a specialty of the ancient Greeks?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

They were also tormented by diarrhea from the uncooked meat they had been forced to eat.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Gordon, however, did his chances no harm with a fine performance against Costa Rica, tormenting defender Shawn Johnson with electric changes of pace, making Declan Rice's opener and scoring England's second from the spot.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

"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

“I know he is really good at that kind of stuff from playing against him and watching him do it and tormenting my team back in the day,” Stafford said, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

He had to split his attention three ways: behind him to avoid the man, ahead to see where he was going, and on the furious dæmon tormenting his hands.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman