Example Sentences

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As for Serbia, the lead singer of rock band Lavina was so tortured by someone who "trampled on his heart" that he ended his song with a blood-curdling scream.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Few embody a tortured, beguiling Americana quite like her.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Sauer also had to insist that unauthorized immigrants and temporary visitors owe allegiance to their home countries rather than the U.S., thus removing their children from his tortured definition of jurisdiction.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

So much of contemporary literature reads like a tortured attempt to negotiate between the irreconcilable positions of righteous expression and guilty silence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The car would fill with ideas about the passionate, tortured Buendía family, the once-grand city of Macondo, the way Garcia Marquez wove magic into so many sentences.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour