All 4 Uses of
torment
in
Running in the Family
- A good many of my relatives from this generation seem to have tormented the church sexually.†
p. 120.5 *tormented = caused great mental or physical suffering
- Although he tormented his own father's rules of decorum he simultaneously and almost secretly valued the elements of honour and gentleness.†
p. 169.6
- Either that, or, and of this we were never sure, he would secretly train the dog to torment his mother-in-law by such acts.†
p. 169.9torment = to cause or to experience great mental or physical suffering
- Who if I look deeper into the metaphor, torments his father over an imaginary cliff.†
p. 179.7torments = causes great mental or physical suffering