torment

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

They added that since the fatal crash, they "have lived every day since then in torment — without peace, without answers, and without accountability".

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

But it’s mainly funny because this is what the Mets are: a habitually soul-crushing outfit that, especially when expectations are high, finds fresh and horrifying methods to torment its most loyal fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Reigning champion Rory McIlroy has the largest 36-hole lead in Masters history, but unusually hot and dry weather is set to firm up the course and torment the world’s best golfers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

But the thing was eating up his mind, of course, and the torment had become almost unbearable.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Even at a distance - about a quarter of a mile away - the acrid smell torments my nostrils.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

Pedro R. Díaz played the haunting English horn solos—in costume in the tunnel—embodying the lifelong mourning that torments Tristan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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

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

Celia pieces together his story from the torments he relives in delirium, between fevers and chills and a painful catarrh.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The rearrangement allowed Shankly to recall Toshack, who had been left out of the initial match, and he and Keegan tormented the Germans in a 3-0 victory, Liverpool subsequently winning 3-2 on aggregate.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

After all, it has plenty of the hallmarks of a classic Nolan film: It’s an epic about a tormented hero pining after a wife and grappling with memory loss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

His ambition was driven by ghosts and dysfunction, and he was well on his way to becoming one of those tormented “geniuses” who, in Carmy’s own words, just make everything worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

And the officials who tormented Landor, he concluded, did not provide that consent, so the lawsuit has to fail.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

I am afraid of pain, of being tormented, even unto death, in giving birth.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

The pressure creeps up gradually, almost imperceptible day to day, tormenting inhabitants with uncertainty as they watch their city close down around them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"It is very tormenting as I have to look at... things I do not want to see," Fung told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 28, 2025

Mary Dunbar had accused them of bewitching and tormenting her.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025

“I know he is really good at that kind of stuff from playing against him and watching him do it and tormenting my team back in the day,” Stafford said, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

Nathan worried that the Ash Being was getting stronger and tormenting Uncle Jet.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young