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Search phrase: torture

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All's Well That Ends WellAW II.i.174With vildest torture let my life be ended.With vildest torture, let my life be ended.
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.
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.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.
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 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 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
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

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
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
pangafflict with pangs, torture, torment
pinchtorment, pain, torture
racktorment, torture, scourge
rackmachine of torture which stretches the limbs
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

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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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