agony

She said she had waited 1,088 days to go to court, with every day being "agony" and the "trauma" made worse by her role in public life.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Romanian filmmaker’s stoic drama is designed to provoke viewers in opposite directions, snaring them in waiting traps and causing them to concede in agony, “You have a point!”

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Thanks to an ancestor who wished to never feel the agony of love again, any man the Owens women fall in love with ends up dead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Faced with a tapped-out bank account and the agony of impacted wisdom teeth, Natalie becomes a regular at a local blood-plasma donation center to help pay for the necessary dental work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

It was agony waiting until she left and Mom and Dad went to bed, so Max could sneak out without anyone seeing.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“Funny how something can hurt that’s no longer there,” remarks a child named Alma, referring to agonies associated with an amputated leg in the intense German drama “Sound of Falling.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

“It’s this tight knot of agonies, and humiliations, and social problems, and this is experienced by millions of us in the richest country in the history of the world.”

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2025

Gary Lineker, who will leave the BBC after hosting his final Match of the Day on Sunday, was the steady hand who guided millions of fans through football's agonies and ecstasies.

From BBC ● May 19, 2025

Everest included sleeping at home with their heads in hypoxic tents meant to mimic the agonies of extreme altitude, reached the world’s highest summit on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, “Ha! Ha!”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott