agonizing
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If the film doesn’t reach the heights of Mr. Lee’s previous work, it nonetheless has a gradually mounting force in its depiction of class differences and a patriarch burdened by an agonizing sense of failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
Collins stood outside for several agonizing minutes, hearing their muffled voices.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Inside, under flickering lights, a group of reluctant strangers is coaxed into acting out, in a converted gymnasium, a wild tale promising redemption from agonizing tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Not as loud or as powerful as I was used to, and not even close to as bad as it had been last time, but still there, still agonizing.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
