torment
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
was tormenting
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past progressiveof torment.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“In some ways he was tormenting himself, a punishment for abandoning his first wife,” Professor Fishman said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023
The uncertainty was tormenting enclaves such as the Bay Area’s Little Kabul, home to more than 60,000 Afghan immigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
There was a hidden presence and it was tormenting me, refusing to let me go.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2018
Fognini was tormenting Murray with the delicacy of his chips and lobs but there was diminishing rigour in his game.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2017
Hunger was tormenting us; we had not eaten for nearly six days except for a few stalks of grass and some potato peels found on the grounds of the kitchens.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
