单词 | torturesome |
例句 | The long, green afternoon, that had been so brief, had been so torturesome that she doubted her ability. The Paliser case History under this new teacher had become something more than a dog-eared text-book; geography more than stained and torn wall-maps; reading more than a torturesome process of making sounds. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley The experience which threatened him was altogether a new one; he was in a condition of suspense that was simply torturesome. Second Book of Tales They invaded the graceless youth's room, much to the pretended alarm of that torturesome collegian, who believed that the entire student-body of old Bannister had foregathered to wreak vengeance on his devoted head. T. Haviland Hicks Senior He now frequently, for several days, would not return home; and afterwards, having come, would undergo torturesome hours of feminine interrogations, scenes, tears, even hysterical fits. Yama: the pit And it can rankle and burn, when a pair of admired dark eyes are included in the situation, just as torturesomely as can twice fifteen. Missy The gladsome youth's motive had been free from any torturesome purpose. T. Haviland Hicks Senior |
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