torture

Example Sentences

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After the crackdown in January, Sheikhi fled to the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq, fearing arrest and torture back home, where the moustached, bespectacled man had been no stranger to anti-government protests.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

For other kinds of travelers, that sounds like torture.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Well, according to those memos, not only is it not torture, it’s not illegal.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

She urged the UK and other governments that "share responsibility for his ongoing torture and unlawful detention" to ensure his release.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

“School is the worst torture in the world,” she said, leaning her head against my shoulder as the rest of Fountain Middle’s seventh graders slumped toward their desks.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller