Example Sentences

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His upwrithing portrait tormentedly stares at us in beseeching horror.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

Before her bullring goring, their relationship was the reverse of Benigno and Alicia's--relentlessly, often tormentedly verbal, because each was still emotionally involved with a previous lover.

From Time Magazine Archive

She then backs away, but at length her guilty feelings are tormentedly rooted out.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Lord Mayor's hands tightened on the staff; he was struggling tormentedly with himself, in vain.

From Naudsonce by Piper, H. Beam

She crosses the room tormentedly, and throws herself into a chair.

From The Philanderer by Shaw, Bernard