agony of mind
Example Sentences
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They felt her agony of mind as if it were a living thing.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Some people may be able to get through it with little toil of body or agony of mind, but for himself it has been laborious work.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
The girl had her hands over her eyes, and was weaving back and forth, as if in great agony of mind.
From Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty by Crowninshield, Mrs. Schuyler
Some of the wonder went out of his face, and, as if he sensed the other's agony of mind, he smiled suddenly and laid his hands once more on the straight, stiff shoulders.
From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette
In her agony of mind it seemed that the day would never dawn, the light in the east never pale the sky.
From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.
