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Recent Examples of tormentor There appears to be no limit to his sensitivity or his determination to humble his tormentors. David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025 But can the Yankees really stare down their tormentors and finally best Houston in a playoff format? Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 Adrianna had a history with Khloe Along with the Christmas photo, police flagged Adrianna over a prior dispute with Khloe, who believed she was being framed as Owen and Lauryn's tormentor. Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025 The tormentor of a quarterback, whose two touchdown runs were eerily similar to those which fashioned Jeanty a household name and top 10 pick, makes the Bulls a larger blip on Florida’s radar than expected. Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tormentor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tormentor
Noun
  • The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Simply the possibility of taking some kind of revenge on the man who may or may not have been their torturer suddenly becomes an existential fact each person must confront in his or her own way.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For decades, generals, coup-plotters, and torturers walked free under the shield of amnesty laws passed after the country’s 21-year dictatorship.
    Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fans also got a glimpse of the creative shift with a tease of a feud between the Wyatt Sicks and the MFT factions.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The most nahstay tease since Prince stripped to his Dirty Mind bikini.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police confirmed the attacker died at the scene.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s where the attacker, whose name is Mike Santini, goes from Ron’s biggest threat to his only true ally.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The grounds once housed the elaborate palace of first century Roman Emperor Domitian, a persecutor of Christians.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That is a nasty process which involves digging up Ambar’s still-fresh corpse, then subjecting it to various grisly indignities night after night as retribution gets visited upon our heroine’s persecutors.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Three assailants were reportedly seen fleeing after the shooting.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But adults in Colorado must now act to ensure that no other child in this state is forced to fight an armed assailant for their lives and the lives of their friends and teachers.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Tormentor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tormentor. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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