How to use "torment" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "torment" in popular movie and book plots

  • Lydia, wanting Gerry for herself, makes increasingly aggressive attempts to torment Helen and dropping clues of their affair to her.  - Sliding Doors
  • Litost is, according to Kundera, "a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one's own misery".  - The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
  • I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.  - My Name Is Legion (novel)
  • Seizing the advantage, Belvera controls Wakaba and uses her to torment her brother Taiki, reminding Belvera of her hatred towards her sisters.  - Rebirth of Mothra
  • Looking for another way to torment Elmer, Bugs consults the book A Thousand and One Arabian Nightmares, exclaiming, "Oh, no.  - The Big Snooze
  • Adrian and Cassius claim that Nicky's mother is a goat and torment him by controlling his body with their minds.  - Little Nicky
  • A furious Angus rebuffs his request, revealing he is sick of enduring Rick's torment and marches inside anyway.  - Angus (film)
  • These disturbing visions constantly torment O'Ryan and drive him to hunt down the killers.  - Suspect Zero
  • Older girls, judging Alice too meek to retaliate, torment her relentlessly.  - Alice 19th
  • He reveals that Melfice has returned and he plans to kill him to end his torment of the world.  - Grandia II
  • However, the other slave children tease and torment Queen because of her light skin and her ability to read and write.  - Alex Haley's Queen
  • At work, he has to endure torment from his boss Thomas Dunwitty, a tactless, boorish white man.  - Bamboozled
  • As he strolls around the camp, he revels in the recollections of the torment he inflicted on the inmates.  - Deaths-Head Revisited
  • Part of Bok's torment is the knowledge those who attempt to help him are subjected to harassment and/or arrest by the government.  - The Fixer (novel)
  • Eventually this spirit inflicts such torment on Akasha and Enkil that they again demand advice and help from the two witches.  - The Queen of the Damned
  • The men torment the bound and gagged Sally while Leatherface, now dressed as a woman, serves dinner.  - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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