agony

Example Sentences

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But tragedy, an exploration of human misery, dates back to the Greeks and expresses agonies as old as our species.

From The Wall Street Journal

I can’t begin to describe the agony in hearing this line.

From The Wall Street Journal

Climbing down the tower was agony, but all I could think of was going home.

From Literature

In one passage of “In Memoriam,” Tennyson envisions the agony of his own death not in religious terms but in images drawn from biology:

From The Wall Street Journal

"We ask to end this agony so we can truly create the transition citizens are hoping for," she said, according to Reuters.

From BBC