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“Underneath an artist’s preoccupations with sex, society, religion, etc.,” the narrator insists, “there is a soul tortured beyond endurance by the lack of tenderness in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

But the incident somehow made the moody, tortured, and quietly seething Zidane more believed in France.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Louis, in comparison, is kinda busted — gloomy, tortured, unable to fully embrace the everlasting banquet Lestat has laid out for him.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

The case has had a tortured legal history.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Under the doors of the castle the piercing blasts tortured the flapping rushes of the floors.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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