agonize
Example Sentences
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When Murphy’s desperate friends finally found him and dug him out after 18 agonizing minutes, he was blue and not breathing, according to witnesses.
From Los Angeles Times
It was as though I had agonized over an exam, prepared for the worst, then passed with flying colors in spite of myself.
From Literature
All week I’d agonized about what movie would be my emotionally laden farewell salute.
From Los Angeles Times
The shrieking of its breath rose, piercing, agonizing, reverberating across the hill.
From Literature
The boot-up sequence of our test car’s touch screen required several agonizing seconds to execute.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
