torment

Garnacho, who first made his name as a livewire teenager, has shown in the past he can torment defences at Premier League level.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Now ebullient, now maudlin, Herzen can be suddenly, embarrassingly intimate—as when describing the torment of jealousy that gripped him upon learning of his wife’s brief affair with a German romantic poet, Georg Herwegh.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

As if Wendy’s hands, heart and day planner weren’t full enough, a panicky Jack determines to win her back, much to her torment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

What to do after writing some of this century’s most devastating songs about the torment of breaking up?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Whoever came to him suffering, whether from wounded limbs or bodies wasting away with disease, even those who were sick unto death, he delivered from their torment.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Levi described being deeply shaken by his encounter with the book, and by the guilt that torments Josef K despite his innocence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

After spending time in the divine abyss, we’re back in reality, ripped from the stratosphere and placed into one of life’s most mundane torments: the hygienist’s chair.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2025

But like many of those who saved lives that day, she still torments herself.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

Solange’s disgusting behavior as she torments her housemates is what the Eggers seem to be getting at.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Anxiety about debt torments defectors inside Hanawon, the head nurse told me.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

I think people assume that the guy who created “The Twilight Zone” and was this really creepy, ominous host must have been this very dark and tormented person.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

Having tormented North Macedonia, he allowed them off the hook, but he was a one-man thrill-fest.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Noxious smoke and an influx of rats and flies attracted to rotting meat stored at the facility have tormented neighbors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Like that film, the new one is an interesting if decidedly uneven work about pop-cultural obsession as an outlet for the more personal and tormented explorations of the protagonist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The faces of tormented souls shifted in the fabric.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

There’s no honor in tormenting a devoted fan base that doesn’t need any more suffering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Gordon, however, did his chances no harm with a fine performance against Costa Rica, tormenting defender Shawn Johnson with electric changes of pace, making Declan Rice's opener and scoring England's second from the spot.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Fofana and Allan Saint-Maximin, on in place of Edouard and Said, continued the tormenting of PFC as they combined to add two goals in stoppage time.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

“I love the people I work with. When you love something, it’s tormenting to lose it.”

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025

“My flesh is withered, Father, but not my spirit! The devil is tormenting me.”

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende