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

We made it to the top, whizzed down the other side, passed the test—and passed it again and again, all the way across the country, through the agonizingly steep hills of western Maine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

Instead, with deep feeling and lacerating and gentle words, Leigh creates a world that, like the vast, mysterious one hovering outside its frame, can seem agonizingly empty if you can’t see the people in it.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024

It went on and on and on, agonizingly.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix