anguished
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That kind of anguished, not-funny witticism is another commonplace of the American educated classes: OMG, what has happened to this country?
From Salon • May 31, 2026
In Marlaine Delargy’s translation from the Swedish, “Mount Verity” confronts these anguished contradictions with disarming frankness and calm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
"Come and help me! I'm on the front line in Ukraine, I'm fighting for Russia," he begged Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema in an anguished voice message sent to his parents.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
It’s the emotional place where all the stories in this spirited, anguished book begins.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
“The dreadful RAUW,” cried the anguished DYNNE, “was my grandfather. He perished in the great silence epidemic of 1712.”
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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