agonize

Example Sentences

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Rather than agonize over how to restore the landscape to some former, unobtainable baseline of “natural,” officials unanimously agreed that this bold re-imagining of the coast was the best way forward among no perfect options.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 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

Other families agonize over the unknown: Is my son alive?

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

I realize that for every good message, there will always be one that will agonize me.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak