torturing
Example Sentences
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Then again, Egg’s royal command stops Aerion’s guards from torturing Ser Duncan after the hedge knight beats up the prince for breaking a fair maiden’s finger.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 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
India's batters are torturing England in this series.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
While the professionals scratch their heads, we can see that his acting out is only a reaction to whatever thing or condition or cosmological prank is torturing him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
Her bony back straight, her fingers swept the keys delicately, then hard, alternately caressing and torturing music from them.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
