torture

It’s a unique form of torture that anyone who’s been to a fertility clinic will know all too well.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Anthony Douglas said years of waiting had been "torture" for his son and his family as they remained in "limbo" over his future.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

For a change from that bit of torture, Smith challenges teammates to modified games of tug-of-war, where each player grips one side of a massive tire and tries to drag the other to the turf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

And yet, this villain’s fiery domain, where imps torture souls nearby, is also recognizably Dionysian.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Bending over the whole time would have been torture.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Open is often regarded as the most challenging of the four majors, and there isn’t a host that tortures the world’s best players quite like Shinnecock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

Yet, Paltrow makes it look like easy lifting, as if dodging the universe’s cerebral tortures were as low-effort as the #BoyfriendBreakfasts she’s taken to posting on Instagram.

From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025

“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025

I left them, so that’s what tortures me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

“You may be certain that I laugh because they fail. O, those people with Miss Havisham, and the tortures they undergo!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The lavish production features fantastic gargoyle-like puppets who populate the "bardo," a space after death where tortured souls reside, unable to move beyond their past lives.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

This year alone, Hathaway has repeatedly proven her versatility, jumping between gun-toting moms, tortured pop stars and struggling journalists.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

Three Egyptian security officials have been convicted by a Rome court over the kidnapping of an Italian student whose tortured body was found in Cairo a decade ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Eve resists scream-queen clichés, but Gemma’s boringly typical tortured backstory is as flat as her wan chemistry with Nick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Pax trained his nose to the humans’ camp, which, as always, tortured him with its rich food scents.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

It can be a year away, and it’s right here torturing me, which is I think why I’m a bit of a commitment-phobe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Her prose is exact and exquisite, as when describing Clare: “The soft white face, the bright hair, the disturbing scarlet mouth, the dreaming eyes, the caressing smile, the whole torturing loveliness.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

She became a vegetarian, attacked the Chinese government for "torturing" bears, and spent hundreds of thousands on a programme to sterilise Romanian stray dogs.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

“I do not believe that the U.S government is torturing or using these devices on its own citizens,” Zaid explained on the podcast.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

I don't know why Photo Drive-Up enjoyed torturing their customers, but they made you take your passport photo out in the open—so that anyone perusing the new-releases aisle could watch.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi