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.
were torturing
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past progressiveof torture.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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Once, after a breakfast at McDonald’s, she said the voices in her head were torturing her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
She suffered from humiliation; but she suffered more because she saw how his suspicions were torturing him.
From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips
It was as though unseen hands were torturing it at will.
From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Edgar Saltus
I've had hard work holding in all this time while you were torturing your mind and twisting the honest English language out of shape and meaning.
From The Barrier by Rex Ellingwood Beach
In an adjoining room lay Nan, moaning reproaches at those who were torturing her reluctantly back to life.
From Nan of Music Mountain by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
