anguished
adjective
an·guished
ˈaŋ-gwisht 
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Examples of anguished in a Sentence
the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow
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Almost every day, every spring and summer, yarns from anguished captains attaching photos of their beat-up rudders fill up a Facebook group called Orca Attack Reports, which has more than 60,000 members.
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Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
The long and anguished drives to states with laws not rooted in the 1800s will take the pounds right off.
—Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
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Tomas Weber, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
The long and anguished drives to states with laws not rooted in the 1800s will take the pounds right off.
—Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
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“Anguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anguished. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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