anguished
Example Sentences
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Buddy, though anguished by Odd’s arrival, warms to the idea when he spies Odd stealing Sook’s cameo brooch.
Of course, many people — perhaps most — are not processing this anguished moment through politics.
From New York Times
The charge comes most electrifyingly from the evening’s star, Carrie Compere, who dedicates body and soul to the story of a singer anguished by conflicting loyalties to her music, her mother and her maker.
From Washington Post
Music videos like “XS,” in which she plays a demented home shopping network host, and “Bad Friend,” which sees her playing an anguished salary man, showed off a chameleonic presence and physicality.
From Los Angeles Times
It was the end of an anguished chapter.
From New York Times
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