Example Sentences

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While the professionals scratch their heads, we can see that his acting out is only a reaction to whatever thing or condition or cosmological prank is torturing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

“I do not believe that the U.S government is torturing or using these devices on its own citizens,” Zaid explained on the podcast.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024

“Asking yourself afterward what you did wrong or could have done better is torturing yourself for nothing.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2023

In laymen’s terms, my immune system is torturing me because it went haywire in reaction to a fungus.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

It’s a relief when one of the ten or so men on the stage orders us to stand and start singing, because the folding chair is torturing my overworked back.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich