All 7 Uses of
torment
in
Nectar in a Sieve
- All this I had gone through-the torment, the anxiety.†
Chpt 9
- Sometimes after moaning for hours at a stretch he would fall into an exhausted daze-it could not be called sleep, it was nothing so sweet-and I would go to him with beating heart to see if the fight was ended; but again and again he struggled back to consciousness, took up again his tormented living; almost I wished it otherwise.†
Chpt 16
- ...who knows what fears tormented his child's mind?
Chpt 16 *tormented = caused great mental or physical suffering
- Do not torment yourself.†
Chpt 20
- Do not torment yourself that he has turned from it and found his peace with you.†
Chpt 23
- The bullock cringed, but accepted the torment and as soon as the whip fell it began to pull again.†
Chpt 24
- Hour after hour his body suffered; his mind had fled from the tormented flesh.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(torment) to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering