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The typical Cozzens hero is devoid of heroics, bent not on expressing himself�like the protoplasmic Lennies, the torturedly egocentric Eugene Gants�but on knowing himself.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I just don’t trust him,” Milo brooded in the plane, with a backward nod toward Orr, who was curled up like a tangled rope on the low bushels of chick-peas, trying torturedly to sleep.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Martin moved offstage, torturedly yet softly wailing, "What's done cannot be undone."

From No Great Magic by Leiber, Fritz