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
Writing to his friend Leyland on July 22nd, he speaks of 'five months of utter sleeplessness, violent cough, and frightful agony of mind.'
From The Bront? Family, Vol. 2 of 2 with special reference to Patrick Branwell Bront? by Leyland, Francis A.
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
The wedding-day of my enemy was coming on; and with its approach increased the agony of mind which drove me over woods and mountains.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
She spent half an hour in agony of mind, when the sound of a carriage stopping fell upon her ears.
From Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties by d'Auvergne, Edmund B.
