agonizing

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Miller’s 1968 play, written during the agonizing days of the Vietnam War, concerns the disposition of the remains of a once-illustrious estate.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

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

The boot-up sequence of our test car’s touch screen required several agonizing seconds to execute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The wait was agonizing, but eventually the Berg found its home.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner