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

He did not interrupt her until late in the afternoon, when he could no longer bear the echo of the bass drum that was tormenting his head.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez