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Sabrina, the owner of a real-estate business, documented his anguish in a TikTok video that has received more than three million likes since August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

In Australia, home to a 3,000-strong Tibetan community, exiles were in anguish about family in Tibet.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

The Independent headlines on the anguish of families waiting to find out about missing loved ones.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Over the coming months, I talked to half a dozen more strangers, and with each little bit of banter, the foggy air of anguish that had surrounded me slowly began to evaporate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Be that as it may, she saw him go with regret; and in this early example of what Lydia’s infamy must produce, found additional anguish as she reflected on that wretched business.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

There are few things Americans agree on these days, but one is a shared delight in the anguishes of the Durham, N.C., basketball behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

That the centerpiece of his monstrous scene is a split-open bag of cement anguishes the heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2022

She anguishes over how she can possibly keep him safe.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2022

It ends with Chris Mason Johnson’s “Test,” whose main character, a young male dancer in 1985 San Francisco, anguishes about whether to be tested for H.I.V.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2013

I questioned life with him, his pulses my pulses; Doubted his doubts, too, and grieved for his anguishes.

From Chimneysmoke by Christopher Morley

As the play opens Bach is anguished by the illness of one of his many children—he sired 20, although only half made it to adulthood—and alarmed by his failing eyesight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Literally, the entire group was there in the building, this is a terrible and extraordinary event," he said, as anguished wails from other pilgrims with him are heard over the video.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

There were anguished gasps from the crowd as Gauff, in total control of the point, snatched at a drop shot and sent it sinking into the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

That kind of anguished, not-funny witticism is another commonplace of the American educated classes: OMG, what has happened to this country?

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

“Belle can only pull so much,” I say, anguished.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Saying goodbye to them had been the single most anguishing moment of my entire life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Emerson recalled an occasion when he was forced to sit in silence for a long time during a session, which he found anguishing.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025

In the midst of an anguishing public health failure, some researchers are questioning the very way we determine who is at risk of suicide.

From Slate ● May 20, 2024

Experts say it's not just the hostage families who are trapped in an anguishing wait.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024

I barely knew him, and yet, somehow, not knowing when I would see him again after tonight was anguishing.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer