anguished
Example Sentences
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Buddy, though anguished by Odd’s arrival, warms to the idea when he spies Odd stealing Sook’s cameo brooch.
In the ring with Benny Paret, Griffith unintentionally delivers fatal blows that prove to be fatal, leaving Griffith anguished for years.
From New York Times
As she read the rhyming couplet inscribed in a large clay jar made before the Civil War, the 84-year-old Northeast D.C. resident could feel pain and loneliness in the anguished voice of her enslaved ancestor.
From Washington Post
Of course, many people — perhaps most — are not processing this anguished moment through politics.
From New York Times
The charge comes most electrifyingly from the evening’s star, Carrie Compere, who dedicates body and soul to the story of a singer anguished by conflicting loyalties to her music, her mother and her maker.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
