Example Sentences
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Jefferson could also be tormented by love, when it was shattered by loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
And the officials who tormented Landor, he concluded, did not provide that consent, so the lawsuit has to fail.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026
Inside the courtroom, Mark Nowak said he was "tormented" by thoughts of his son's death.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Corvette, a promising and hard-working designer herself who aspires to Christie’s brilliance, is tormented by nightmares of rich people complaining about the generation who “can’t expect everything to be handed to them.”
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
He was a smart, sensitive child who was tormented by what he'd done and what he'd been through.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
