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Search phrase: torture

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.36I grow to you, and our parting is a torturedI grow to you, & our parting is a tortur'd
All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.174With vildest torture let my life be ended.With vildest torture, let my life be ended.
All's Well That Ends WellAW IV.iii.119He calls for the tortures. What will youHe calles for the tortures, what will you
Antony and CleopatraAC III.xiii.150He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture,He may at pleasure whip, or hang, or torture,
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xiv.46All length is torture; since the torch is out,All length is Torture: since the Torch is out,
CymbelineCym IV.iii.12.1By a sharp torture.By a sharpe Torture.
CymbelineCym IV.iv.14.1Drawn on with torture.Drawne on with Torture.
CymbelineCym V.v.133Which is our honour – bitter torture shall(Which is our Honor) bitter torture shall
CymbelineCym V.v.139Thou'lt torture me to leave unspoken thatThou'lt torture me to leaue vnspoken, that
CymbelineCym V.v.140.1Which, to be spoke, would torture thee.Which to be spoke, wou'd torture thee.
CymbelineCym V.v.215For torturers ingenious: it is IFor Torturors ingenious: it is I
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.154tortures vile also! Hold hook and line, say I! Downand Tortures vilde also. Hold Hooke and Line, say I: Downe:
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.58That so her torture may be shortened.That so her torture may be shortned.
Henry VI Part 22H6 II.i.142go about to torture me in vain.You goe about to torture me in vaine.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.122Strange tortures for offenders, never heard of,Strange Tortures for Offendors, neuer heard of,
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.131Murder indeed, that bloody sin, I torturedMurther indeede, that bloodie sinne, I tortur'd
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.i.376Say he be taken, racked, and tortured,Say he be taken, rackt, and tortured;
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.247And torture him with grievous lingering death.And torture him with grieuous lingring death.
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.ii.401From thee to die were torture more than death.From thee to dye, were torture more then death:
Henry VI Part 22H6 III.iii.11O, torture me no more! I will confess.Oh torture me no more, I will confesse.
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.vi.72While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.While we deuise fell Tortures for thy faults.
King JohnKJ IV.i.34Turning dispiteous torture out of door!Turning dispitious torture out of doore?
King JohnKJ IV.iii.138Let hell want pains enough to torture me.Let hell want paines enough to torture me:
Love's Labour's LostLLL V.ii.60That same Berowne I'll torture ere I go.That same Berowne ile torture ere I goe.
MacbethMac III.ii.21Than on the torture of the mind to lieThen on the torture of the Minde to lye
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.i.106I am very glad of it. I'll plague him; I'll tortureI am very glad of it, ile plague him, ile torture
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.i.110Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal. ItOut vpon her, thou torturest me Tuball, it
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.37O happy torment, when my torturerO happie torment, when my torturer
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.ii.36together. Well, I will take him, then torture my wife,together. Well, I will take him, then torture my wife,
Much Ado About NothingMA IV.i.182Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death!Refuse me, hate me, torture me to death.
OthelloOth III.iii.365If thou dost slander her and torture me,If thou dost slander her, and torture me,
OthelloOth V.ii.365The time, the place, the torture, O, enforce it!The Time, the Place, the Torture, oh inforce it:
Richard IIR2 III.ii.198I play the torturer, by small and smallI play the Torturer, by small and small
Richard IIR2 IV.i.297That swells with silence in the tortured soul.That swells with silence in the tortur'd Soule.
Richard IIIR3 IV.iv.108To torture thee the more, being what thou art.To torture thee the more, being what thou art,
Romeo and JulietRJ I.i.86On pain of torture, from those bloody handsOn paine of Torture, from those bloody hands
Romeo and JulietRJ III.ii.44This torture should be roared in dismal hell.This torture should be roar'd in dismall hell,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.18But purgatory, torture, hell itself.But Purgatorie, Torture, hell it selfe:
Romeo and JulietRJ III.iii.29'Tis torture, and not mercy. Heaven is here,'Tis Torture and not mercy, heauen is here
Twelfth NightTN V.i.216How have the hours racked and tortured meHow haue the houres rack'd, and tortur'd me,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.115In him seemed torture. This anatomyIn him seem'd torture: this Anatomie
The Winter's TaleWT II.iii.180On thy soul's peril and thy body's torture,On thy Soules perill, and thy Bodyes torture,
The Winter's TaleWT III.ii.175In leads or oils? What old or newer tortureIn Leads, or Oyles? What old, or newer Torture
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.765fly: the curses he shall have, the tortures he shall feel,flye; the Curses he shall haue, the Tortures he shall feele,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1287 And that deep torture may be called a hell, And that deepe torture may be cal'd a Hell,
SonnetsSonn.28.6 Do in consent shake hands to torture me, Doe in consent shake hands to torture me,
SonnetsSonn.133.3 Is't not enough to torture me alone, I'st not ynough to torture me alone,

Glossary

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extorttorture, abuse, wring
martyrmutilate, torture, disfigure
martyredmutilated, tortured, disfigured
pangafflict with pangs, torture, torment
pinchtorment, pain, torture
pinchedtortured, tormented; or: distressed, afflicted; or: reduced to nothing
racktorment, torture, scourge
rackmachine of torture which stretches the limbs
rackertorturer, tormentor
stretchedstrained, dislocated, tortured
throeagonize, torture, cost in pain [as in childbirth]
torturetorment, afflict, plague

Thesaurus

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limbs, torture machine which stretchesrack
torturethroe
tortureextort
torturemartyr
torturepinch
torturepang
torturerack
torture machine which stretches the limbsrack
torturedpinched
torturedmartyred
torturedstretched
torturerracker

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
TORTUREBASICtorture n, torture v, tortured adj, torturing adj
TORTUREPEOPLEtorturer n

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