torturous
adjective
tor·tur·ous
ˈtȯr-chə-rəs 
ˈtȯrch-
1
a
: very unpleasant or painful
a torturous day
torturous self-doubts
b
: causing torture
torturous inquisitions
2
: painfully difficult or slow
the torturous course of the negotiations
torturously
adverb
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Examples of torturous in a Sentence
relatives had to make the torturous decision to disconnect the patient's life-support system
the post-infection treatment for rabies was as notoriously torturous as the disease itself
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According to the political scientist Pierre Englebert, the Congolese government and people lose as much as $4 billion in revenue every year due to state agents’ manipulation of mining contracts and payments, torturous budget practices, and outright theft.
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Stephen R. Weissman, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2015
The right boots, however, can make previously torturous bell-to-bell days no big deal.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
Parking is torturous enough through the Melrose corridor on the weekdays, plus giving a restaurant staff off on Saturday and Sunday seems boldly civilized.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
But Bowman is reveling in the idea that a Frenchman not only won gold in what many regard as swimming’s most torturous event — but that the same Frenchman snared the last of Phelps’s world records at last summer’s world championships.
—Barry Svrluga, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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Stephen R. Weissman, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2015
The right boots, however, can make previously torturous bell-to-bell days no big deal.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2024
Parking is torturous enough through the Melrose corridor on the weekdays, plus giving a restaurant staff off on Saturday and Sunday seems boldly civilized.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
But Bowman is reveling in the idea that a Frenchman not only won gold in what many regard as swimming’s most torturous event — but that the same Frenchman snared the last of Phelps’s world records at last summer’s world championships.
—Barry Svrluga, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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“Torturous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/torturous. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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