tormented
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The rearrangement allowed Shankly to recall Toshack, who had been left out of the initial match, and he and Keegan tormented the Germans in a 3-0 victory, Liverpool subsequently winning 3-2 on aggregate.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Tell me, Christopher Nolan, when did it first rosy-fingered dawn on you that your favorite type of protagonist — a tormented sinner-hero — was a specialty of the ancient Greeks?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Throughout the book, Mr. Rasenberger never loses sight of the tormented double nature of the early American experiment—bondage in the land of the free—nor does he seek to sink one with the other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
His ambition was driven by ghosts and dysfunction, and he was well on his way to becoming one of those tormented “geniuses” who, in Carmy’s own words, just make everything worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
More and more tormented, East entered a battle with his conscience, his sense of decency.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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