agonize
Example Sentences
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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
Given his anguish about America’s deploying his nuclear weapon in 1945, I suspect “Oppie” would also agonize about his ownership of our current geologic time period.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2023
For once, I didn’t agonize over word choice or cross out whole paragraphs and try again.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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