torturous
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She added this mean no-one would have to experience "torturous symptoms in their final days, weeks, occasionally months, and the positive impact of that cannot be understated".
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“We get jobs with meager wages in factories and companies, but those jobs are so torturous and stressful that we don’t want to work.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
That picture is complex, but ruminating on your actions can quickly become torturous.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
Now, the convicted killer argues that his "torturous and inhumane" detention conditions during his trial made him incapable of making rational decisions when he pleaded guilty, according to a court synopsis of the case.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Into the doors and into the soft lights I go, silently, past the rows of puritanical benches straight and torturous, finding that to which I am assigned and bending my body to its agony.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Vocabulary lists containing torturous
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