Get to know Torment better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like torture or hurt.
Torment in a sentence
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Torment meaning
- A catapult or other kind of war-engine.
- Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture.
- Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
Synonyms of Torment
Using Torment
- The main meaning on this page is: A catapult or other kind of war-engine. | Torture, originally as inflicted by an instrument of torture. | Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
- Useful related words include: torture, hurt, excruciate, harassment.
- In the example corpus, torment often appears in combinations such as: to torment, the torment, torment and.
Context around Torment
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Torment
- In this selection, "torment" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, play, great, daily, tides, hurts and city stand out and add context to how "torment" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include s play torment tides of and assault and torment a child. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "torment" sits close to words such as agro, apnu and appoints, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with torment
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is psychological torment. (4 words)
Let's play Torment: Tides of NumeneraLet's play Torment: Tides of. (12 words)
Children are not spared this torment, she continues, her most emotional point in the interview. (15 words)
The title does ultimately do a good job of summarizing the plot, seeing as the film centers on a widow who becomes trapped in an elevator inside her house, and then becomes the target of several home invaders who torment and threaten her. (43 words)
Also, the Chairman of the Community Development Association and the representatives of the stakeholders, Mr. Lukmon Oke appreciated the government for relieving them of the daily torment and anxiety of building on government-acquired land. (35 words)
At half-time, having watched Scott torment City defenders for 45 minutes, Keane added: "We highlighted him before the game, and you can see that he has a Jack Grealish about his play. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
St. Alphonsus Liguori reflected, “This great torment, then, which Mary endured for us — a torment which was more than a thousand deaths — deserves both our compassion and our gratitude.
Let's play Torment: Tides of NumeneraLet's play Torment: Tides of.
After Rey threw Dominik into the post, he actually took off his belt and whipped his son’s hide after months of torment.
Also, the Chairman of the Community Development Association and the representatives of the stakeholders, Mr. Lukmon Oke appreciated the government for relieving them of the daily torment and anxiety of building on government-acquired land.
Although she promised she'd take action, Kim kept her torment a secret from those closest to her.
Apparently, everywhere Ralphie goes he causes nothing but torment for his owners to the point where he's had to be rehomed multiple times.
As someone who didn't have his wife with him, he knows firsthand how this sort of torment hurts children.
At half-time, having watched Scott torment City defenders for 45 minutes, Keane added: "We highlighted him before the game, and you can see that he has a Jack Grealish about his play.
Children are not spared this torment, she continues, her most emotional point in the interview.
He’ll now torment opposing QBs in the NFC West as a member of the Seattle Seahawks.
His mom had seen him and she intervened, but he was about 6 or 7 years old when this pack of adults decided they could assault and torment a child.
Indeed, all you have ended up achieving with your absolutely ridiculous escapade is to create avoidable torment for Nigerians and to further endanger the health of our already critically challenged national economy.
It is psychological torment.
It's the latest in a recent rash of winter storms to torment southern Ontario after last week's ice storm knocked out power to.
Role model Tanya previously spoke of the torment she suffered at the hands of cruel bullies which left her wanting to take her own life.
She described the torment of having to move her van everyday as she looked for a place to park so she could sleep for the night.
The past week has been sheer torment for John’s loving family, and indeed his extensive circle of friends and colleagues.
There, he led the Masters of Evil in a fight against Earth's Mightiest Heroes and would return to torment them on several occasions, updating his mechanical body in subsequent encounters.
The title does ultimately do a good job of summarizing the plot, seeing as the film centers on a widow who becomes trapped in an elevator inside her house, and then becomes the target of several home invaders who torment and threaten her.
All ensuring that once a woman is a victim of a violent male, there is no end to the torment.
Common combinations with torment
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to torment 24×
- the torment 22×
- torment and 15×
- and torment 15×
- torment of 14×
- of torment 10×
- torment for 10×
- torment the 9×
- torment him 6×
- torment them 5×