torture

Example Sentences

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For Maisie Adam, taking part - and crucially trying not to crack - in Last One Laughing was "absolute torture".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

He’s not saying that immigrants always have to be believed when they say they fear torture or persecution in a certain country.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

Giving examples of his office's work, Turk said it supported 67,000 survivors of torture and modern slavery, documented tens of thousands of human rights violations and exposed discrimination in more than 100 countries.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

And they’ve done it by unearthing another MVP-caliber quarterback in Drake Maye, who has the potential to torture yet another generation of Jets teams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The second, as you may suspect from its root word, torture, means “painful.”

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner