agonize

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

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

I agonize over the amount of plastic we can’t avoid using and mourn the monarch butterflies that have vanished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

When they wed, their fans swoon; when stars divorce, people agonize over what went wrong.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024

But the Permian drive sputtered and it was time for Wyles to agonize his way through another field goal, this one from the 30 instead of the 31.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

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

She agonizes over the loss of her relationship with Mimi, perhaps the love of her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

In another, a girl agonizes while her 10-year-old sister buys a maroon lifeguard hoodie.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

When semaglutide agonizes these receptors, it tells the body to make more insulin.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 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

Do I even have a future? she agonized on loop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

I’m agonized by the thought that she might have sought help before she died.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

All week I’d agonized about what movie would be my emotionally laden farewell salute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

Dimple raised an eyebrow and looked at Ashish, who looked back at her with an agonized expression on his face that pretty much yelled HELP.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The adults as much as the teenagers find themselves beset by doubts about their futures, haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, or agonizing over the thorny matter of God’s presence or absence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Pessina and her siblings began an agonizing search.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Once she learned this, he added, finalizing her return wasn’t as agonizing.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

Then, dropping the wallet on Juanita’s lap, I closed my eyes and fought past the raw, agonizing emotions that threatened to overwhelm me.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall