agony

Example Sentences

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While the Dodgers were ultimately bathed in cheers, he and wife Kayla were awash in agony.

From Los Angeles Times

Her real-time agony reminds us that tragedies like hers can happen to anyone, and that they are disorderly and unpredictable by their nature.

From Salon

In context, the image is from a 2000 episode of the series and shows a teenager’s agony over losing the love of his life to his best friend.

From Los Angeles Times

Then she expressed the agony we hear from so many Iranians over the growing hardship in their day-to-day lives.

From BBC

Heathcliff, in agony, moves away without notice while Catherine marries Edgar.

From The Wall Street Journal