torment
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
Example Sentences
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Brontë was fascinated by silent crypts and tormenting passions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“I love the people I work with. When you love something, it’s tormenting to lose it.”
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025
“I know he is really good at that kind of stuff from playing against him and watching him do it and tormenting my team back in the day,” Stafford said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025
It said that for thousands of years birds had been tormenting the peasants.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
