agonizing

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Once she learned this, he added, finalizing her return wasn’t as agonizing.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The singer and his wife, photographer Rachel Demy, were in the middle of an agonizing breakup that would eventually lead to divorce.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

In this agonizing final scene, we meet a new Iago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

For as melodramatic as the movie can be, its conflict is founded on something as simple as lingering pain; a grudge that has since grown softer and easier to live with, though no less agonizing.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Not as loud or as powerful as I was used to, and not even close to as bad as it had been last time, but still there, still agonizing.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken