in torment
Frequency: 7.511.0 per million words
Describes the state of being in great suffering.
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Examples (10)
- He was a man in torment.
- She has been in torment since the accident.
- The prisoner lived in constant torment.
- Many souls are believed to be in torment in the afterlife.
- He cried out, clearly in deep torment.
- The victim's family remains in torment over the unresolved case.
- To be in such torment for so long is unbearable.
- Her mind was in utter torment after hearing the news.
- They tried to alleviate the suffering of those in torment.
- Even years later, the memories left her in profound torment.