tormented
Example Sentences
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Users were plunged into their own sleepless, tormented isolation and symptoms of profound mental illness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
For Dunk, leaving Tanselle to Aerion would have meant killing the knight within himself — a spiritual suicide that would render his continued breaths both meaningless and tormented.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze tormented Tottenham again as his double revived the Premier League leaders' title bid in a 4-1 rout of their north London rivals on Sunday.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
During the visit, she is flooded by memories of growing up, and of a group of girls who tormented her during her school days.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
Remember Terry Malloy, the tormented former boxer played by Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront?
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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