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

And he will torment Ghost Rider with all the strength that the then 66-year-old star of Thomas and the Magic Railroad can muster.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2011

If you desire to be revenged on him, let love and shame do their work; they will torment him more grievously than could you.

From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George