agonize
Example Sentences
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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
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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
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The boot-up sequence of our test car’s touch screen required several agonizing seconds to execute.
Inside, she loaded up on cosmetics and agonized over the instant noodles.
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