Example Sentences

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I am well aware of it,--I am torturing you; for I am bringing you into a conflict with what you believe to be your duty.

From A Twofold Life by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

"You see that I am torturing myself with the most wild and incredible suppositions."

From Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Voyons—I said to myself yesterday—I am torturing him and myself—I cannot make him happy—it is not in me—not in my destiny.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

However, I will be brief, for I am torturing you, I fear.

From Witness to the Deed by Fenn, George Manville