agony
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"I was scared to go to sleep and was in constant agony."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The headlines have been unrelieved agony for Mr. Bonta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
For Doe and other accusers, those public honors brought private agony.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
That we see the group start scared for their lives, and then watch as they embrace their place in the infinite agony to the point that it becomes comical, is remarkable.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
It was agony watching the screen of his phone and not seeing it light up with any reply.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
But tragedy, an exploration of human misery, dates back to the Greeks and expresses agonies as old as our species.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“It’s this tight knot of agonies, and humiliations, and social problems, and this is experienced by millions of us in the richest country in the history of the world.”
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025
Gary Lineker, who will leave the BBC after hosting his final Match of the Day on Sunday, was the steady hand who guided millions of fans through football's agonies and ecstasies.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
In the final scene of “Forrest Gump,” a white feather dances from Forrest’s feet, into the air, representing one of the movie’s major threads: Are life’s joys and agonies predestined, or are they indiscriminate?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
And the two sister-grandmothers, who had engineered the match between their closely related children and had then suffered agonies of doubt and guilt, drew breath again.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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