Example Sentences

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Annaleece's mother Sharon said she was "torturing herself with questions" about her daughter's death.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2022

The coach looked at me like I was torturing my child, and simply uttered, “I hope he doesn’t get too rusty.”

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2019

An amateur singer was torturing a guitar somewhere in the building; tinny strains filtered down to the cafe where we sat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 20, 2018

It was just always like a total existential crisis when I would get an audition, and it was torturing me.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2013

Jonas braced himself and entered the memory which was torturing The Giver.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry