agony

Example Sentences

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What next for Bellamy and Wales after World Cup agony?

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

US television host Savannah Guthrie on Wednesday described her family's "agony" in her first television interview since her mother was apparently kidnapped nearly two months ago in a case that has gripped the nation.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Unlike many sports documentaries, it is as much or more about the agony of defeat as about the thrill of victory.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

In a powerful Commons speech, she said she waited 1,088 days to go to court, with every day being "agony" and the "trauma" made worse by her role in public life.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Pulling it out would be too much agony to bear.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny