Words similar to torturing

Example sentences for: torturing

How can you use “torturing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The boys might as well be torturing a puppy.
He doesn't get a sexual charge out of the brutality, nor does he develop a penchant for torturing innocents.
As a boy growing up in the hills of West Virginia, Nash enjoyed torturing animals and building homemade bombs with two other unpopular youngsters, one of whom was accidentally killed by a blast.
5) The Democrats are reaping what they sowed (after torturing Robert Bork, John Tower, and Clarence Thomas).
After 20 years of marriage and raising our children, my husband and I have decided to stop torturing each other.