agonize
Example Sentences
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The defeat was a second straight for Philadelphia, who were coming off an agonizing loss to NFC East rivals Dallas in which they squandered a 21-0 lead.
From Barron's
In a message on her official X account posted while she was en route to a gathering of world leaders in South Africa, she confessed to agonizing over her wardrobe.
I have watched the agonizing decline of a friend of nearly 70 years as she sought a transplant.
From Washington Post
Doyle said she had made the sign more than a week ago, when Trump first said he expected to be indicted, and agonized for days over whether she would ever be able to carry it.
From Washington Post
It bothers her when she sees news stories about mass shootings, she said, but she doesn’t see much point in agonizing over the policy implications.
From Washington Post
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