What is "instrument of torture"

Usage examples of "instrument of torture".

The crowd went into a frenzy as the guards pulled the pirate free of his binding post and dragged him from one instrument of torture to another.

I shall say nothing of what he did at Antioch, except to mention his being struck with wonder at the freedom and cheerfulness of one most faithful and steadfast young man, who, when many were seized to be tortured, was tortured during a whole day, and sang under the instrument of torture, until the emperor feared lest he should succumb under the continued cruelties and put him to shame at last, which made him dread and fear that he would be yet more dishonorably put to the blush by the rest.

The hard metal, which was visibly piercing the flesh, looked like an instrument of torture.

For an instant, he was as aware as she was of every clever instrument of torture that surrounded them.

Aesthetically elegant, form united with function as perfectly as an eggshell, a marvel of physics-perverted into an instrument of torture.

Aesthetically elegant, form united with function as perfectly as an eggshell, a marvel of physicsperverted into an instrument of torture.

Aesthetically elegant, form united with function as perfectly as an eggshell, a marvel of physics -- perverted into an instrument of torture.

The only unfortunate touch was that the body-fitted cleanse-and-massage machine looked too much like an ornate instrument of torture.

Max, Miriya, and Aurora scrambled up and raced to gather around the pilot's seat, Max fumbling to remove from her a thinking cap that looked more like an instrument of torture.

To Pete, it looked rather like a medieval instrument of torture--something to be used in theological argument with a heretic.