anguish

Over the coming months, I talked to half a dozen more strangers, and with each little bit of banter, the foggy air of anguish that had surrounded me slowly began to evaporate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The more we accept that anguish is a basic part of life, the less we care.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

These “ghost jobs” have been a longtime source of frustration and anguish for people slogging through an increasingly anonymous and impersonal job-search process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Almost a week after the quake, fatigue and anguish have taken a tough toll on volunteers and the families of the dead and missing.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

And so Chess saw in stark detail that Mom was staring straight at him, her desperate wince full of not just anguish but hope—and maybe even faith as well—as she pleaded, “Kids, please.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

She anguishes over how she can possibly keep him safe.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 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

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 Augustin Filon

The Guthrie family’s anguished video led the NBC Nightly News, breaking up the Winter Olympics coverage from Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

There were anguished gasps from the crowd as Gauff, in total control of the point, snatched at a drop shot and sent it sinking into the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

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

“I know, Bella, I know” — and then, away from me, anguished — “can’t you do anything?”

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

Saying goodbye to them had been the single most anguishing moment of my entire life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

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