agonize

This way, we wouldn’t have to agonize over every ride and could even hop aboard to cross the Grand Canal without having to walk to the nearest bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

“We don’t agonize, we organize, and this day, today, we have scores of events across the country, starting in New York,” Pelosi echoed hours later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

Refusing even a hint of introspection, she added: “We don’t agonize over what happened. We organize about what comes next.”

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2024

When they wed, their fans swoon; when stars divorce, people agonize over what went wrong.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024

I realize that for every good message, there will always be one that will agonize me.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

In 1415, on the eve of challenging France at the Battle of Agincourt, he agonizes about the moral burdens of kingship.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

Miyazaki agonizes over the character of the Great Uncle who has built the fantastical world of the tower in “The Boy and The Heron.”

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024

In another, a girl agonizes while her 10-year-old sister buys a maroon lifeguard hoodie.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Lately, she agonizes over what she doesn’t know.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023

While he agonizes over song choice, I watch the K-pop videos playing on the television.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Frank Capra was a tireless self-promoter and a demon workaholic who agonized for weeks to get the script right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Faisuris Alvarez, who runs a beachside fish stand, agonized aloud over these questions without answers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

What if the destruction of your planet left you with a permanent case of agonized alienation, and you became a weird, antisocial loner who hung out in bars drinking alone?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

All week I’d agonized about what movie would be my emotionally laden farewell salute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

It was as though I had agonized over an exam, prepared for the worst, then passed with flying colors in spite of myself.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

“It was agonizing and just felt to learn this is beyond me,” Mandell told The Times in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Among them are white male entitlement versus the crushing demands of Black exceptionalism; the complicated bond linking fathers to sons; and the agonizing bravery required of mothers raising boys the world is conditioned to ostracize.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

DiFeo, the Cadillac dealer, faces what he describes as an agonizing wait for fresh models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Collins stood outside for several agonizing minutes, hearing their muffled voices.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

If they are brought to idleness too soon after running all-out—in old cowboy parlance, being “rid hard and put away wet”—their major muscle groups can seize up in an agonizing spasm called “tying up.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand