They were far too busy stretching muscles and preparing for the more torturous miles that lay ahead.
Wool bedding in summer seems downright torturous at first glance.
To me this seems torturous and punitive, like pouring salt on an open cut.
Some NDErs recount how they descended into hell and saw all kinds of torturous existences found only in the darkest of nightmares.
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