Example Sentences

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Meanwhile we are tormenting these ancestors with a new round of fake folklore every few years so we don’t have to face how real they were and still are.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2023

The impacts of a historic drought and climate change have stymied efforts to fight the fires, which are tormenting the West again today.

From Fox News • Aug. 14, 2021

This year, the two are tormenting secondaries even by their lofty standards.

From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2011

The story ends on a comparatively cheerful note, with the ghosts that are tormenting Vridar's half-crazy conscience blown away in gusts of healthy laughter.

From Time Magazine Archive

See how the nocturnal flies are tormenting the herd, and with what dexterity he springs up and catches them, as fast as they alight on the belly, legs, and udder of the animals. 

From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles