tormenting 1 of 2

tormenting

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verb

present participle of torment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormenting
Adjective
  • In December 2019, Ljungberg was interim manager for a game against City that was bitterly painful for Arsenal.
    Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Expensive avocados, just in time for the Super Bowl For American consumers still exasperated by high grocery prices, a trade war with Canada and Mexico could be painful.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • But his cruel divisiveness is deflecting attention from the main event.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Banek has requested the Illinois Department of Public Health probe the cruel death, also asking that all evidence associated with the case be preserved.
    Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Editor’s picks ‘Brutal beatings’ Cooper and hundreds of Dozier students accused school wardens of torturous abuse over minor infractions, like whippings, beatings, forced labor, and medical neglect.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Minuscule, meticulous, torturous, and incomprehensible to most mortals.
    Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Harper's Magazine, 22 July 2024
Adjective
  • But the final plot twist is less a blowout than a private revelation that brings agonizing clarity — the kind of thing people write songs about.
    Emma Alpern, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Iowa State, Stanford on agonizing bubble Would anyone like a play-in for the No. 11 seeds?
    Mark Schindler, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • An audacious plan In the mid-1980s, global health agencies were otherwise occupied and heads of state largely overlooked the illness afflicting millions of their citizens.
    Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The United States now suffers from twin pathologies—one afflicting the health of its citizens and the other the health of its political system.
    Thomas J. Bollyky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2020
Adjective
  • That question is particularly pointed in the case of the U. of C. Will its promotion of freedom of expression and inquiry prove in the end to have been a marketing strategy that can be discarded in the face of harsh political realities?
    Jamie Kalven, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • But the evening maintained a spirited vibe even with the harsh realities of upended lives as part of the backdrop.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Like the compulsive twisting of a pencil into a sharpener, Khatami tightens the narrative rope to excruciating effect with a series of ominous foreshadowings.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Three-time Pro Bowl tight end Mark Andrews received the lion's share of the blame after the Baltimore Ravens' playoff run came to an abrupt and excruciating end.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Since the event marks the first time the best players from each of the four countries will play each other since the 2014 Winter Olympics, the games are expected to be intense.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
  • One night, Casto got into an intense discussion with Phil Mercier, the manager of the Legion, in the Legion’s upstairs kitchen.
    Chelsea Edgar, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
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