torment
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
am tormenting
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present progressiveof torment (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But I have put these few sins of my brother’s before my eyes, and am tormenting myself over them, and condemning my brother.”
From The Hermits by Charles Kingsley
"I am tormenting you with my foolish chatter," rising remorsefully, as though to quit the room.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
There may be nothing in it—surely there isn't, and I am tormenting myself unnecessarily.
From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne
