All 4 Uses
torment
in
Lord of the Flies
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- Tormented by the silence and the refusal the assembly broke into a chant.†
p. 86.8 *tormented = caused great mental or physical suffering
- They agreed passionately out of the depths of their tormented private lives.†
p. 133.5
- The trailing butts hindered her and the sharp, cross-cut points were a torment.†
p. 135.1torment = to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering
- The clouds were sitting on the land; they squeezed, produced moment by moment this close, tormenting heat.†
p. 138.1tormenting = causing great mental or physical suffering
Definitions:
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(1)
(torment) to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)