agonizing
Example Sentences
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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
Pessina and her siblings began an agonizing search.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It’s an agonizing loss that’s getting grimly compared with Atlanta’s 28-3 Super Bowl collapse to the Patriots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
So while everybody else was writing whatever the day’s journal was supposed to be, I was agonizing over the details of this math problem.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
