Sentence examples for tormenting role from inspiring English sources

Mr. Brenton argues that our conflicting needs for both, and for that harder-to-define commodity known as love, turn human beings into prisoners of desires that can't be met, with lovers and spouses cast in the tormenting role of warden.

Against Madrid the former Arsenal striker was immense in his now familiar left-sided role, tormenting the full-back Sergio Ramos.

Justice Thomas's account of his early life and how he came to be an opponent of affirmative action reinforce the idea that he has long been tormented by the role of race in his life.

In another, a trans woman — played by the trans comedian Bethany Black, indelible in the role — is tormented by revenge porn, then forced to fall back on her family for support.

Gerd was in many ways the original Zwangsbeglücker, whom Albert Oehlen described simply as "the extreme version of Martin" — a scary thought — which suggests his major role in the torment behind his son's drinking.

Instead, what the world sees is rendition victims blocked from American courts while architects of their torment write books bragging about their role in this legal and moral travesty.

Huston and cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa imbue the film with a redolent sense of place and creeping destiny, and Finney radiates unspeakable pain and torment in a difficult but unforgettable role.

For his fans, the inner torment that Williams brings to this role is a far cry from the frenetic standup routines, Mork's "Nanu nanu," or Mrs. Doubtfire's hyper-jovial "Hellloooooo!" through a whipped-cream facial.

Mr. Kingsley was nominated for an Oscar, as was Shohreh Aghdashloo in the role of the colonel's tormented wife.

The high-profile cast of pioneering supervillain movie Suicide Squad have been given access to an on-set therapist to help them cope with the "torment" of their grim roles, according to one of the film's main players.

Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing game developed for Microsoft Windows by Black Isle Studios and released on December 12 , 1999by Interplay Entertainment.