torturous

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torturous /ˈtɔr ˌtʃu əs/ ?

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For me, the torturous restraining devices became a hook on which to say what it was like in personal terms.
The eminent ancestor had passed the torturous series of civil examinations to prove he was a master of the Confucian classics and thus fit to serve the Emperor in faraway Beijing.
I like it, but some people find it so torturous to type with that they refrain from sending e-mails or typing Web addresses altogether.

The Wiesenthal center says he injected the corrosive poison phenol directly into the hearts of many and used "other torturous killing methods."
on Jul 17, 2008 By: Simon Wiesenthal Source: FOXNews
"I'm referring to myself in that line," Hynde said. "I get sometimes angry with myself. Sometimes I find myself saying, 'You ...... phony.' It goes like that until you crack it. It can be a torturous process."
on Jan 27, 2009 By: Chrissie Hynde Source: San Francisco Chronicle
"I knew he was decapitated before," Michael Berg said Tuesday. "That manner is preferable to a long and torturous death. But I didn't want it to become public."
on May 11, 2004 By: Michael Berg Source: USA Today