How to Use tormentor in a Sentence

tormentor

noun
  • Still, putting up with a tiny tormentor even for a few days can suck.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 1 Nov. 2024
  • So the song is used in a scene where Lily’s tormentor begs his wife to come home.
    — Coleman Spilde, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The film follows two teens who team up to get revenge on both of their tormentors.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 16 June 2023
  • The smaller player faces his tormentor with blood on his face and a sway in his gait.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Louis feels free in his new life — and then imprisoned by a lover-tormentor.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Each in their own way, the Roys began to cope with the loss of their tormentor.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Their tormentors have also called in false bomb threats to venues using their names in three states.
    — Jacob Ward, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • The males stood upright and charged at their tormentors, swinging their arms over their heads.
    — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • In all honesty, my sisters went from being my tormentors to my best friends.
    — Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 2 Aug. 2017
  • In all honesty, my sisters went from being my tormentors to my best friends.
    — Michelle Manetti, Good Housekeeping, 7 Dec. 2017
  • The problem is, Gerald was my main tormentor from eighth grade all through high school.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Can't imagine putting my kid in that position for hours and hours at a time with a tormentor for two weeks.
    — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Their tormentors blasted open the shutters and threw grenades inside.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Yup, your harmless little post-meal breath freshener has been my tormentor for over a decade.
    — Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
  • From the fonts to the names of her tormentors, the clip has QT’s influence all over it.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
  • And once again, the Patriots are the tormentors of the Raiders.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Dong-eun, a high school student, screams as a classmate sears a hair curler into her arm while two other tormentors hold her down.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 7 May 2023
  • That their tormentors were not untouchable.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Diego returned to campus that Monday and found his tormentors waiting for him.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Thornton uses a wheelchair, and here his Lucky is guided by his tormentor.
    — Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • James gave his tormentors $100 in iTunes gift cards, but the threats continued.
    — Stephanie Warsmith, USA Today, 9 May 2023
  • But in season 6, Stark got revenge on her rapist and tormentor by leading him to a grisly death.
    — Nina Bahadur, SELF, 7 July 2017
  • In retaliation for being teased, a boy tries to punch one of his tormentors but misses, falls down and hurts his arm.
    — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Each time, Paqueta rose with the pleasure of being their chief tormentor.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The notion of a weak, cornered creature turning the tables on his tormentor clearly stuck with him.
    — Joshua Keating, Slate Magazine, 2 Jan. 2017
  • The season then takes the form of a whodunit, as Joe seeks out the tormentor who’s setting him up by killing others in the group.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • So Jacob is now related to his tormentor.
    — Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Gisèle Pelicot divorced her tormentor when the abuse came to light in 2020.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The world is learning from Gazans how to broadly love their families, their neighbors and even their tormentors.
    — Doris Bittar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The Bills, however get a shot at their long-time tormentors on Saturday.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2019

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