torment
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
is tormenting
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present progressiveof torment (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The question of when — and how — to reopen is tormenting the entire concert business.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2020
“Brutal cold is tormenting the US, and reports say the worst is yet to come,” Stephen Colbert began.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2018
As usual, the Southwest Center is tormenting the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
“My flesh is withered, Father, but not my spirit! The devil is tormenting me.”
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Now I see that he is tormenting me, he is merely raking about in the wound and looking up surreptitiously at me over his glasses.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
