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
In those days only the very stoutest-hearted submitted to operations, the majority preferring to die untortured.
From Brother Francis Less than the least by Eileen Douglas
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
There are a thousand witnesses in this house untortured, unsuborned.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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
