torment

How To Use torment In A Sentence

• The normal human desire to rid one's self of a tormenting secret, to "exteriorize one's rottenness," finds satisfaction on an exalted plane in confession to God, or to his appointed ministers. Human Traits and their Social Significance
• So far is he from admitting the possibility of any dissiliency between the Divine will and absolute right, that he turns the tables on his opponents, and classes among Atheists those of his contemporaries who maintain that God can command what is contrary to the intrinsic right; that He has no inclination to the good of his creatures; that He can justly doom an innocent being to eternal torments; or that whatever God wills is just because He wills it. A Manual of Moral Philosophy
• An extended communal deliquescence into the same subway sludge from which the torment arose.
• And of course, as humans we could experience the same torment, because of our own patterns of greed and miserliness.
• The judge was also shown sharpened branches and wood used to torment the youngsters. The Sun
• And a younger, sprier Edwards fearlessly taunted his tormentor, U.S. Attorney John Volz, once rising to his feet for a toast in a French Quarter bar while trilling, “When my moods are over, and my time has come to pass, I hope they bury me upside down, so Volz can kiss my ass.” FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER
• _Torment_ comes from _tormentum_, a machine (engine) for throwing stones to inflict _torture_. Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois
• The rest is torment and anguish, from which she seeks to escape by turning inwards. The Times Literary Supplement
• He becomes less a magician and more and more not only an illusionist of increasing power, but one bent on tormenting his audience rather than entertaining them.
• It attracts men beset by alcohol, drug and gambling woes along, increasingly, with those tormented by serious mental health issues.