agonizing

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Wood had been agonizing over what to say to convince the board to spare his life.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

Although Manuel, Barker and Miss J pass the buck plenty of times, too, the agonizing recall of their collective firing in 2012 allows them to come off more sympathetically.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

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 • Feb. 15, 2026

When Murphy’s desperate friends finally found him and dug him out after 18 agonizing minutes, he was blue and not breathing, according to witnesses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

The viselike pressure of countless tons of water above compressed me from every direction, and my lungs were full of agonizing fire.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda