torture
noun
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
has been torturing
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present perfect progressiveof torture (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Nebraska has been torturing its fans with excruciating losses, but it might not be worse than what Miami has done lately.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
Alston, who has been torturing Northern Virginia defenses all year, said this game became special when he realized how easily he could get to the outside and use his speed to race to pay dirt.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2017
Frank Ocean has been torturing the internet for weeks.
From The Verge ● Sep. 11, 2015
"What have you done with him?" she breaks forth, advancing toward him, as though to compel him to give her an answer to the question that has been torturing her for days past.
From The Haunted Chamber A Novel by Duchess
Under the terrific atmospheric pressure that has been torturing the civilization of the entire world since the outbreak of the greatest of wars, contemporary literature of the major cast appears to have gone into decline.
From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Otto Heller
