agonize
Example Sentences
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While residents agonize over FEMA’s decision, the experiences have led many to ultimately agree with FEMA’s reasoning: They cannot trust that the owners intend to preserve their park as affordable housing.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
Refusing even a hint of introspection, she added: “We don’t agonize over what happened. We organize about what comes next.”
From Slate • Nov. 15, 2024
When they wed, their fans swoon; when stars divorce, people agonize over what went wrong.
From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024
They worked through hundreds of sketches by hand, then transported the design into Adobe Illustrator to agonize over details such as the curvature of the ribbon in its bottom right corner.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023
For once, I didn’t agonize over word choice or cross out whole paragraphs and try again.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing agonize
The Diary of Anne Frank
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