Sentence examples for tortured- from inspiring English sources

Not only has Alessandro Nencini, the presiding judge of the Florence appeals court, apparently resorted to the same tortured logic as his predecessors; he has also stated things as fact that are manifestly and provably wrong.

The cooking is creative without being tortured, delicious without being safe, a constantly evolving thrill-ride.

Are Germans justified, then, in so much tortured self-criticism?

Boys and girls continue to be killed, maimed and tortured... Almost every child we've spoken to has seen family members killed.

Asylum seekers indefinitely detained in Australian detention centres live with the knowledge that they may be deported to countries where they will be potentially tortured and killed.

By looking on passively upon this murder of defenceless millions of tortured children, women and men they have become partners to the responsibility".

Since 2004, Hengfeng has been detained and tortured several times because of her work.

Or, as Miles (played by Jessica Biel) puts it in Hitchcock: "You know that poor, tortured soul Jimmy Stewart played in Vertigo?

White, though a tortured soul in some respects, had a depth of compassion for humanity that's evident in this anti-fascist allegory, a work that remains neglected because it wasn't included with the original Once and Future King collection.

If you are in a miserable mood, it will look miserable and tortured.

They played in different positions and their physical statures couldn't have been more contrasting – Dino was a tall, robust midfielder with short, cropped hair while Roberto was a small, timid, tortured-genius that sported a ponytail with beads at the tip – but Dino would spend a career playing in the shade of the trequartista, purely because they shared a surname.