agonize
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This way, we wouldn’t have to agonize over every ride and could even hop aboard to cross the Grand Canal without having to walk to the nearest bridge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
“We don’t agonize, we organize, and this day, today, we have scores of events across the country, starting in New York,” Pelosi echoed hours later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
Refusing even a hint of introspection, she added: “We don’t agonize over what happened. We organize about what comes next.”
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024
When they wed, their fans swoon; when stars divorce, people agonize over what went wrong.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024
I realize that for every good message, there will always be one that will agonize me.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
In 1415, on the eve of challenging France at the Battle of Agincourt, he agonizes about the moral burdens of kingship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Miyazaki agonizes over the character of the Great Uncle who has built the fantastical world of the tower in “The Boy and The Heron.”
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Lately, she agonizes over what she doesn’t know.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023
Months later, she still fights feeling of resentment mixed with worry and agonizes over her belief that her return to work had left her mother more vulnerable to Covid.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2022
While he agonizes over song choice, I watch the K-pop videos playing on the television.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
What if the destruction of your planet left you with a permanent case of agonized alienation, and you became a weird, antisocial loner who hung out in bars drinking alone?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Then the singers froze in place, the lighting changed, and the screaming orchestra and Ms. Loera’s projections of Blanche’s agonized face told the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
All week I’d agonized about what movie would be my emotionally laden farewell salute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
He agonized over the earthquake his theory would cause.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
Pessina and her siblings began an agonizing search.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It’s an agonizing loss that’s getting grimly compared with Atlanta’s 28-3 Super Bowl collapse to the Patriots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Once she learned this, he added, finalizing her return wasn’t as agonizing.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
Pulitzer winner Ada Ferrer’s of-the-moment new memoir, “Keeper of My Kin,” examines the agonizing personal costs of the Cuban exile and the families left fractured in its wake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
They spent an agonizing two months apart, writing each other letters to stay in touch.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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