agony
Example Sentences
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But osteoporosis has made her bones brittle, while arthritis and back problems sometimes cause agony.
With the agony of past heartbreak flooding back, McIlroy held his nerve to birdie the first play-off hole and win his first Masters.
From BBC
I just bent over and, on rising, was halted by the grip of agony on my lower spine.
It’s agony in Ann Arbor, a cautionary tale unfolding in real time.
Cawley described how one day she was lying in her bath in "absolute agony" and decided to look for support groups in the area and found Endometriosis UK.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.