agony

Example Sentences

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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

While the Dodgers were ultimately bathed in cheers, he and wife Kayla were awash in agony.

From Los Angeles Times

Her real-time agony reminds us that tragedies like hers can happen to anyone, and that they are disorderly and unpredictable by their nature.

From Salon

In context, the image is from a 2000 episode of the series and shows a teenager’s agony over losing the love of his life to his best friend.

From Los Angeles Times