Example Sentences
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They also needed a city that would prepare them for a World Cup of midsummer heat waves—without torturing them in the meantime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
She became a vegetarian, attacked the Chinese government for "torturing" bears, and spent hundreds of thousands on a programme to sterilise Romanian stray dogs.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
While the professionals scratch their heads, we can see that his acting out is only a reaction to whatever thing or condition or cosmological prank is torturing him.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
“I do not believe that the U.S government is torturing or using these devices on its own citizens,” Zaid explained on the podcast.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
Her bony back straight, her fingers swept the keys delicately, then hard, alternately caressing and torturing music from them.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
