anguished
Example Sentences
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The sister of one of the teachers killed was removed from the gallery after an anguished outburst aimed at defense attorneys.
An anguished outburst from the gallery by the sister of a teacher who was killed prompted the judge to warn lawyers that such behavior could also derail the trial.
"What did he mean?" an anguished Hannah asked, removing her face from her hands.
From BBC
Her character has tracked him down for a reckoning that is all the more anguished for being so dangerously ambiguous.
From Los Angeles Times
“I don’t want you—I want Walter!” she snaps at her computer companion when he responds sympathetically to a sudden, anguished access of grief.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.