agonizingly

Example Sentences

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"We all know what we came for. And that's world records. And so to be that agonizingly close, it's frustrating," Proud said.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The Jamaicans hit the the woodwork three times in the second half, with substitute Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri going agonizingly close with a header that crashed off the post in the 87th minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Chess matches can be agonizingly long, lasting for numerous hours at the professional level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

I was grateful that CNN made the agonizingly timely “Good Night, and Good Luck” available to a wider public, presenting Saturday night’s performance live.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Meanwhile, downloading software and MP3s was sometimes agonizingly slow; even worse, they’d gotten their butts kicked when they went online to play Quake or Half-Life against geeks who did have cable modems.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz