Example Sentences

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Users were plunged into their own sleepless, tormented isolation and symptoms of profound mental illness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Meanwhile, she’s tormented by the knowledge that Hadley was only 20 or so paces from the safety of the Mystic commissary, if only she’d left her cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

In attack, both Laurens - Hemp and James - impressed as they tormented Iceland's full-backs.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Arsenal midfielder Eberechi Eze tormented Tottenham again as his double revived the Premier League leaders' title bid in a 4-1 rout of their north London rivals on Sunday.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

More and more tormented, East entered a battle with his conscience, his sense of decency.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin