torment
verb (used with object)
to afflict with great bodily or mental suffering; pain.
will torment
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future tenseof torment.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Carla said: "The knock on the door in the middle of the night will torment me for the rest of my life."
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
That’s the conflicted position that will torment decision-makers.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2020
Readers with overactive superegos that will torment them if they spend the “extra” time of quarantine reading anything but classics may be struggling with War and Peace right now.
From Slate ● May 22, 2020
Masahiro Tanaka, the 25-year-old pitcher whom the envision will torment the Red Sox for years to come, made an impressive introduction to the one of sports’ fiercest rivalries.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2014
And so it shall be; I will torment myself no more.'
From Veranilda by George Gissing
