Emotions & feelings
pure torture
an extremely unpleasant experience
If something is pure torture, it is extremely unpleasant or difficult to experience.
Hear it in real life
How was the training session?
Pure torture - it lasted all afternoon.
Waiting three hours at the airport with no phone signal was pure torture.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: The meeting was purely torture.
Say: The meeting was pure torture.
Use the adjective 'pure' before 'torture' in this expression, not the adverb 'purely.'
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How it fits in a sentence.
be pure torture; find something pure torture
Your turn: say it out loud
Waiting three hours at the airport with no phone signal was pure torture.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
pure torture
an extremely unpleasant experience
“Waiting three hours at the airport with no phone signal was pure torture.”
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