All 3 Uses of
torment
in
The Bourne Identity
- 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.†
Chpt 8 *tormenting = causing great mental or physical suffering
- Then the Americans are—" Bourne did not finish the statement, hoping in brief torment that d'Anjou would finish it for him.†
Chpt 30torment = to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering
- 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.†
Chpt 33tormentor = someone who causes great mental or physical suffering