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Another user, who said they had spent more than two years with their AI companion, expressed similar anguish.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Her anguish is shared outside morgues as well as in hospitals, where photos of missing persons are plastered on walls and utility poles, written on handwritten pieces of paper.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

His lament mirrored the anguish of legions of Venezuelans who endured harrowing days clearing rubble by hand before crews with heavy equipment and rescue dogs belatedly arrived.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

Others described the anguish of identifying bodies recovered from remote areas.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

My mother’s concern was almost too much to bear because it meant I wasn’t hiding my anguish very well.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

There are few things Americans agree on these days, but one is a shared delight in the anguishes of the Durham, N.C., basketball behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

That the centerpiece of his monstrous scene is a split-open bag of cement anguishes the heart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2022

It ends with Chris Mason Johnson’s “Test,” whose main character, a young male dancer in 1985 San Francisco, anguishes about whether to be tested for H.I.V.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2013

His mother died in 1988, before he had made his first film, a fact that anguishes him.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 5, 2010

Why should not such love as this have its drama and its romance, as it has its anguishes, its sacrifices, and its joys?

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin

With 30-odd years in television, Walker has benefited from, and anguished over, the many changes in the industry, including the increasing number of female producers and executives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

That kind of anguished, not-funny witticism is another commonplace of the American educated classes: OMG, what has happened to this country?

From Salon ● May 31, 2026

In “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” one of the greatest plays from August Wilson’s majestic cycle exploring the African-American experience in the 20th century, virtually all the characters are in an anguished search for something.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Scenes of celebration at the prison gates included several prisoners with shaved heads who shouted "We are free!" as they exited, ending an anguished wait by their families.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

From far behind him, he heard Lucy’s anguished howl.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo

Emerson recalled an occasion when he was forced to sit in silence for a long time during a session, which he found anguishing.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2025

In the midst of an anguishing public health failure, some researchers are questioning the very way we determine who is at risk of suicide.

From Slate ● May 20, 2024

Experts say it's not just the hostage families who are trapped in an anguishing wait.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2024

You marvel at the physical exertion, anguishing emotion and narrative detail Comer has to master, as self-possessed Tessa moves from discrediting victims’ testimonies to being a victim herself.

From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022

The pig squirms all over the ground, and its squeals become deeper and more anguishing.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez