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anguish

[ang-gwish] / ˈæŋ gwɪʃ /


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Amid his anguish, Gallego wants to acknowledge the work of ordinary citizens.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The pain and anguish it is causing behind closed doors is clear from interviews AFP conducted across the country, with even deeply religious fathers questioning the ruling.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Getting pushed to the curb at high speed in a corner will tick anyone off, especially with the added anguish of losing yellow.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Robert Bush has been jailed for 20 years for defrauding nearly 200 families, with the court saying he "caused anguish and pain on a scale beyond comprehension".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

I thought about the anguish that must still create for her parents.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

There are few things Americans agree on these days, but one is a shared delight in the anguishes of the Durham, N.C., basketball behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

If the status quo triumphs, his enemies will have to find a new scapegoat for the anguishes of a divided city in the throes of reinvention.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2022

It may be on stage rather than screen, but Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, currently running at the National Theatre, also applies mordant humour to the anguishes and indignities of reproductive life.

From The Guardian Feb. 22, 2020

It ends with Chris Mason Johnson’s “Test,” whose main character, a young male dancer in 1985 San Francisco, anguishes about whether to be tested for H.I.V.

From New York Times Aug. 30, 2013

Its sorrows and its anguishes have I often witnessed, but into that pool of Bethesida of the world's anguish, with healing do I see ever come an angel, a pitying woman.

From The Jericho Road by W. Bion Adkins

There were anguished gasps from the crowd as Gauff, in total control of the point, snatched at a drop shot and sent it sinking into the net.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Alas, the results are mixed, betraying the stark limits of this approach and the need for a kind of history that fully integrates anguished medieval chronicles with modern molecular evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

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

"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

Those fifty anguished yards to the house took a lifetime.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Saying goodbye to them had been the single most anguishing moment of my entire life.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Emerson recalled an occasion when he was forced to sit in silence for a long time during a session, which he found anguishing.

From Salon Feb. 5, 2025

In the midst of an anguishing public health failure, some researchers are questioning the very way we determine who is at risk of suicide.

From Slate May 20, 2024

Experts say it's not just the hostage families who are trapped in an anguishing wait.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2024

Christmas and New Year’s came and went like a slow and anguishing blur.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez




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