torture
Example Sentences
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The fund, now imperiled, helps survivors recover from torture in the U.S. and around the world.
From Salon
Instead, a tortured five from 31 balls in the fifth Test defeat by India after months on the sidelines effectively sealed his fate.
From BBC
Mr Abd El Fattah was imprisoned in an Egyptian jail for more than a decade after being convicted of "spreading fake news" about torture in the country.
From BBC
Yet the singer — a tabloid fixture since the days when he dated Taylor Swift and Jessica Simpson — says he’s not tortured by his haters.
From Los Angeles Times
None of them cared much about Indiana’s tortured past.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
