Example Sentences

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After winning a record 23rd Grand Slam men's title two years ago, Djokovic admitted he had been "torturing" his team during the tournament.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

Last year, Pham sued the Central Intelligence Agency in the same federal court where he is now charged criminally, claiming that the CIA had been torturing him “from the fourth dimension,” court records show.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

But as Westbrook checked into the game with just under six minutes to play, the in-arena sound engineer that had been torturing him all game cued up one more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2022

At the time, she talked about a "really weird relationship" that had been torturing her for years.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011

He took off the dress clothes which had been torturing him for several hours and went to bed, surprised at the vague fear that followed him even to the threshhold of his room.

From Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) by Keniston, Hayward