torturing
Example Sentences
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They also needed a city that would prepare them for a World Cup of midsummer heat waves—without torturing them in the meantime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
India's batters are torturing England in this series.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
In contrast, most of the concert appearances show Williams torturing himself with crippling self-doubt as voices in his head and visions in the audience tell him that he is no good.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 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
Don’t know why they’re torturing themselves with that garbage.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
