torture
noun
the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty.
untortured
-
a word derived from
torture.
Example Sentences
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McClatchy, writing in The Paris Review, described him as “an untortured artist and dashing narcissist.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Her chaste and noble style, untortured by meretricious ornament, excited the deepest admiration.
From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
The music gave pleasure; it soothed by its quiet untortured beauty, its simplicity, its discretion.
When music sounds, then changest thou A silvery to a sultry fire: Nor will thine envious heart allow Delight untortured by desire.
From The Trembling of the Veil by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
In Greece, where the elements of beauty and grace were earliest comprehended, and most happily illustrated, the fine symmetry of the form was left untortured.
From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by An American Lady
