All 7 Uses of
torment
in
Like Water for Chocolate
- She spent the whole night moaning, in such torment that the thought of the sheets that had taken so long to embroider was driven completely out of her mind.†
Chpt 2
- For months she'd been tormented by the thought that Pedro had lied to her on his wedding day, that he'd told her he loved her just so she wouldn't suffer, or that as time went on, he really had grown to love Rosaura.
Chpt 4 *tormented = made to experience great mental suffering
- She had to suppress the memories that tormented her or Mama Elena's fury would erupt any moment.†
Chpt 5
- All these months she had been tormented thinking of the horrible things happening to Tita away from her kitchen.†
Chpt 7
- She would rather not torment herself, would rather turn her mind toward more trivial matters like the preparation of a good lip balm.†
Chpt 9
- She wished her mother would stop tormenting her, jumping out at her from every corner and crying contempt for her behavior.†
Chpt 9
- I'm tired of your tormenting me.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(torment) to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering