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torments

  • plural
    of torment.
    torment
    verb (used with object)
    to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
  • present tense form
    of torment (3rd person singular).
    torment
    verb (used with object)
    to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.

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France feels relentlessness, and there’s been none of the drama that occasionally torments this team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

The scene in which he torments his son by bouncing a basketball against his head was spoofed by Mike Myers' Dr Evil in the second Austin Powers film.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

After spending time in the divine abyss, we’re back in reality, ripped from the stratosphere and placed into one of life’s most mundane torments: the hygienist’s chair.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

Backstory: The bitter rivalry between screen legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford helped propel this film about an aging onetime child star who torments her sister, a paraplegic former actor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

“Sleep and be separated for some few hours from all the torments you have devised for yourself.”

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis