Example Sentences

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The partner of a man who suffered a traumatic brain injury in the Nottingham attacks has said the organisations involved in a public inquiry have "tortured" the victims' families "over and over again".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

So was Panahi's work -- which spotlights the dilemmas of a group of ordinary Iranians as they confront a man they believe to have tortured them in jail -- not given its due?

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

"You have the right to finally get answers to the questions that have tortured you," he said, with Israeli victims' relatives present at the ceremony.

From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2022

In news releases, ad copy and earnings statements, they have tortured plain talk in service of the sell, with Frankensteinian combinations and avalanches of acronyms.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2020

“The knowledge must have tortured Anna,” said Balthilda.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff