Example Sentences

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A very fantastic one, you will say—the illusion of a self-tormentor.

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

The thoughts of the self-tormentor went further, and new tokens appeared.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold

You magnify the dangers about you, and, in fact, become a self-tormentor.

From The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

So the kind physician advises his mournful self-tormentor, and then he himself flies round the corner and consults some brother-healer about his own subjective gloom.

From Lost Leaders by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)

My poor Valentin was the most wretched self-tormentor that can be imagined, and without knowing it or wishing to do so, he tortured every one around him.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul