torment
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
have been tormenting
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present perfect progressiveof torment.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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"You people have been tormenting me!" he shouted to his passengers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’m sitting on my horse blanket in the corner, brushing away the flies that have been tormenting me all morning, flitting from scab to scab.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
I have been tormenting my brain to discover whether it was her coloring or her form that impressed me most.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various
I have let you alone, but you have been tormenting me for weeks.
From Almost a Woman by Mary Wood-Allen
Perhaps, if you do, I shall get answers to two or three important questions that have been tormenting me for years.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
