agonize

Example Sentences

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Culkin’s and Strong’s agonized panic is remarkable in the way it marries with the direction and dialogue.

From Salon

The players agonized, according to these people who were in touch with them.

From The Wall Street Journal

For once, I didn’t agonize over word choice or cross out whole paragraphs and try again.

From Literature

So for the new owner of a franchise that agonized for nearly 40 years before its first Super Bowl and another 12 until its second, the wait for a third championship could be considerably shorter.

From The Wall Street Journal

He faced an agonizing 20-minute wait on the 18th fairway as Jacob Bridgeman, in the preceding group, played a shot from the beach that cracked off a cliff and back into the ocean.

From Barron's