torturer
- a word derived from torture.
Example Sentences
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He’s an idiot, but one Vinod finds himself speaking to in a difficult moment with his other friends, and while his torturer is giving him a wedgie.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
There was the time writer Leonard Dick and I bonded over our love of the show’s repentant Iraqi torturer, Sayid Jarrah, and Leonard excitedly declared himself the “vice president of Sayid Inc.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2019
“They essentially want you to bring a note from your torturer before they are willing to let you stay in the U.S,” said Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law practice at Cornell University.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2019
The romantic tension between moonstruck Elfo and oblivious Bean grows slightly tenser, and the show periodically cuts back to the mysterious cauldron-stirring figures who have saddled Bean with her own personal demonic torturer.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2018
When Richie was fourteen he’d grown from a tittering, cackling torturer of me to a handsome, slick high school kid who was an outstanding tenor sax player.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
