anguished
Example Sentences
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Anguished friends and family have been pacing outside hospitals and morgues in anger and frustration, saying no one has been providing them information.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2023
Anguished feelings, pleasing music and crystalline visuals have of course long been hallmarks of van Groeningen’s work, not always to productive ends, in movies like “The Broken Circle Breakdown” and “Beautiful Boy.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023
Anguished debates ensued over whether the empire’s elites should endeavor to “civilize” the common people to instill in them Western values: respect for the individual, the rule of law, constitutions.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2022
Anguished over an unfortunate incident in Nagaland’s Oting, Mon.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021
Anguished sobs echoed down the winding stairwell, bouncing off the walls like the cries of strange birds.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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