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:

might mean “Who are you torturing?”
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.
He doesn't get a sexual charge out of the brutality, nor does he develop a penchant for torturing innocents.
The boys might as well be torturing a puppy.
Think of Ed Harris torturing Jim Carrey, the whole world watching in thrall.