Torturing
['tɔːtʃərɪŋ]
Examples
- I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly, and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You know the weak side of her character, and may imagine the sentiments and expressions which were torturing me. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You have the knack of torturing those who love you, beyond the possibility of endurance! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was torturing to me to hear them talk of occurrences in which I had had no share. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You are torturing yourself by yourself; you have destroyed the sense of pleasure, and can therefore see nothing good on God's earth. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He could dispel the seriousness of Perdita, and take the sting from the torturing activity of my nature. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He is a slow-torturing kind of man. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Inputed by Josiah