- present participle of agonize.
agonizing
Example Sentences
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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
The singer and his wife, photographer Rachel Demy, were in the middle of an agonizing breakup that would eventually lead to divorce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
In this agonizing final scene, we meet a new Iago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
So while everybody else was writing whatever the day’s journal was supposed to be, I was agonizing over the details of this math problem.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
