6 examples of torturings in sentences

He would have, anyhow, no torturings of conscience, no blight resting upon him till the day of his death.

no direct proof of the mutilations, the torturings and other barbarities which were charged against the Germans by the Belgians.

The swinging by the breast and other self-torturings were but the fulfilment of vows, sacred promises made in time of danger, penances performed, and not, as many believe, an occasion for young men to test their courage.

If so, will her young body have strength for the pains of childbirth and the torturings of ignorant and brutal midwives?

What the amenities of the last three years of the eighteenth century cost Ireland we may judge from these figures: in 1797, while the hangings, burnings and torturings which brought about the insurrection of the following year were in an early stage, the national debt of Ireland was under $20,000,000; three years later that debt amounted to over $130,000,000.

Who would not shun proud Fashion's hall, Escape her cold and torturings ways, To calmly rest where dew-drops fall; Perfumes that mind and soul enthrall, Beneath fair Luna's rays.

6 examples of  torturings  in sentences