torturous
Example Sentences
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It says that British families are in "torturous limbo" as they try to contact loved ones who remain missing.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
On June 6, 2025, after having spent about three torturous months in El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center—known as CECOT—Abrego Garcia was brought back home.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
Brooks has described applying for compensation as torturous, a barricade that is constantly preventing him from being able to move forward.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
As “John of John” unspools the lies and fights in the torturous father-son relationship, it captures the stark, workaday rhythms of the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
In the toilet, where I used to take the papers, it was torturous to look for and exclude the unnecessary pages so that I could learn how he would finally outwit his latest adversary.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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