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

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

  • When they realise they have the wrong man, they threaten to torture Phyllis.  - Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
  • Holman disobeys orders and ends Po-Han's torture with a rifle shot.  - The Sand Pebbles (film)
  • Later they torture her to find out who taught her the German phrases but Eugenia refuses to tell them and is murdered.  - The Last Stage
  • However, Oedipus presses him, finally threatening him with torture or execution.  - Oedipus Rex
  • When he survived this torture for a whole day, the Kafirs considered it a miracle and let him go.  - The Man Who Would Be King
  • Dane threatens them with torture unless they reveal the codes to take over Grazer.  - Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
  • MacGruder and Otto brutally ransack Palmer's cabin for the evidence against Jennings, and torture and murder Palmer without finding it.  - On Deadly Ground
  • A stand-off occurred when Nico tried to stop a torture session, and he left the CIA.  - Above the Law (film)
  • Bearing the One Ring in Frodo's place, Sam resolves to rescue his master from torture and death by Orcs in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.  - The Return of the King
  • Determined to find her, Anakin ventures out and, finding the Tusken campsite, locates Shmi, dying from torture at the hands of the Tuskens.  - Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
  • Salazar's secrets are revealed to the public, and he is arrested and is shown suffering probable torture in prison.  - Traffic (2000 film)
  • Following her torture session, the Slave Girl breaks free and becomes the fifth dancer of the night.  - Orgy of the Dead
  • Ximénez intends to torture the woman with "the rack", but Cardinal Biggles instead produces a dish-drying rack.  - The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)
  • The use of torture was forbidden, except by royal prerogative or a body such as the Privy Council or Star Chamber.  - Gunpowder Plot
  • The Baron has taken Yueh's wife Wanna prisoner, threatening her with interminable torture unless Yueh complies with his demands.  - Vladimir Harkonnen
  • In London, Wallace is brought before an English magistrate, tried for high treason, and condemned to public torture and beheading.  - Braveheart

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