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to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering
- For the briefest of moments he nearly burst out laughing; he had been presented with his exit visa from Zurich, and instead of recognizing it, he was wasting time tormenting himself.Chapter 8 (13% in)
- Bourne did not finish the statement, hoping in brief torment that d'Anjou would finish it for him.Chapter 30 (88% in)
- The old soldier sat like a bewildered child, punished for an insignificant act, the meaningful crime having escaped his tormentor's reasoning, and perhaps his own.Chapter 33 (53% in)
There are no more uses of "torment" in The Bourne Identity.
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