Explore Tortured through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like punished or anguished. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tortured in a sentence
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Tortured meaning
simple past and past participle of torture
Using Tortured
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of torture
- Useful related words include: punished, anguished, tormented, sorrowful.
- In the example corpus, tortured often appears in combinations such as: and tortured, tortured and, the tortured.
Context around Tortured
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tortured
- In this selection, "tortured" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, commonly, executed, savagely, artist, himself and young stand out and add context to how "tortured" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abusive and tortured her and arrested and tortured as part. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tortured" sits close to words such as commemorate, disagreement and exceptionally, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tortured
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He adds, “Initially we would ponder what happened and how Mani sir tortured us. (14 words)
Despite her best attempts to convince him to let her go, she is tortured by him. (16 words)
Ex-prisoners from Polar Wolf warned those in the prison they would be beaten and tortured (Image: Kharp. (18 words)
Asked whether the U.S. feared that King could be mistreated or tortured by the North, Kirby responded that North Korea is a “brutal regime” but that the U.S. is still not in position to confirm how he is being treated. (42 words)
He said he took actions to save the council but was "tortured" for this: "I'm pleased to say that the council’s now in better shape because it's honest and the remnants of a dodgy past are obliterated. (40 words)
Judith is arrested and tortured as part of the investigation into the death of the spy, and John and Zeb rescue her, though leaving enough clues that John is soon arrested and tortured himself. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Suspects were commonly tortured until they confessed to their crimes and accused others of crimes, and wives and relatives who inquired of those being tortured were themselves arrested and tortured even more severely.
He admits to indulging the myth of the tortured artist in his 20s, even though he wasn’t tortured at all.
Judith is arrested and tortured as part of the investigation into the death of the spy, and John and Zeb rescue her, though leaving enough clues that John is soon arrested and tortured himself.
According to a report by Human Rights Watch in May 2022, Russian forces in the Central African Republic “appeared to have executed, tortured and beaten civilians since 2019”.
A mum whose former crime kingpin husband was savagely tortured to death after a row over him cheating on her has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Anchored by a mesmerizing performance by Paolo Santalucia as the tortured young writer Konstantin, the 11-person ensemble gives unpredictable, original, deeply felt performances.
Asked whether the U.S. feared that King could be mistreated or tortured by the North, Kirby responded that North Korea is a “brutal regime” but that the U.S. is still not in position to confirm how he is being treated.
Based on her previous experience, she knew that it was likely that they had both been tortured as they were suicidal and the younger soldier had tried to kill himself.
But it also presented Johnson as a tortured character who was overwhelmed by a near-impossible personal and social situation.
Despite her best attempts to convince him to let her go, she is tortured by him.
During her tough time, she met one of her ex-boyfriends, whom she took to as a good man, and found out he was abusive and tortured her.
During his dictatorship, some 40,175 people were executed, detained and disappeared, or tortured as political prisoners, according to Chile's Ministry of Justice.
Even when the Seraphites tortured her and broke her arm to make her give up Lev, she never submitted.
Ex-prisoners from Polar Wolf warned those in the prison they would be beaten and tortured (Image: Kharp.
First and foremost, of course, are those facing unimaginable loss: entire families slaughtered, tortured, kidnapped, or put on display in front of jeering crowds.
Gellar said her daughter is a fan of broody, tortured Angel, while her son likes the punk-rock villain-turned-hero Spike.
He adds, “Initially we would ponder what happened and how Mani sir tortured us.
He had been held, along with around 5,000 other political prisoners, in a sports stadium where he was interrogated, tortured and then killed.
He had boasted to her about watching videos of cats being tortured, she said, and sent her photos of two cats that appeared to be dead, the affidavit states.
He said he took actions to save the council but was "tortured" for this: "I'm pleased to say that the council’s now in better shape because it's honest and the remnants of a dodgy past are obliterated.
Common combinations with tortured
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and tortured 37×
- tortured and 36×
- the tortured 24×
- tortured poets 18×
- tortured by 16×
- being tortured 13×
- was tortured 13×
- tortured for 10×
- were tortured 8×
- tortured in 7×