Torments
[tɔ:ments]
Examples
- I catch him coming on post, again pass him as unaware of his existence, and again he undergoes grinding torments. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have been in torments ever since I stopped short of it before. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- What torments they are, yet we can't do without them, he said, pinching her cheeks good-humoredly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She suffered torments hearing his firm tread going so distinctly down the road. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Those among you who were prisoners in England can tell their comrades what frightful torments they suffered on board the English hulks. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I understand he is going to the Duke of Devonshire's dress party, and the idea torments me wretchedly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then we face one another, and I pass him as unaware of his existence, and he undergoes grinding torments. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Let the cursed and hellish monster drink deep of agony; let him feel the despair that now torments me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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