Both Uses of
torment
in
Childhood's End
- Sometimes in his dreams Stormgren had imagined that it had suddenly flashed into life, revealing the secret that tormented all the world.†
Chpt 2 *
- "And do you?" whispered Stormgren, half to himselL "That, Rikki, is the fear that torments them, even though they will never admit it openly.†
Chpt 2
Definition:
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(torment) to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering