How to Use agony in a Sentence

agony

noun

• It was agony to watch him suffer like that.
• The medicine relieves the agony of muscle cramps very quickly.
• She was in terrible agony after breaking her leg.
• Here, the names of the dead can be spoken and the agony of loss can be shown.
  — Matt Sedensky, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
• The agony is worth it, because that’s how ideas are born.
  — Christopher Beam, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• The next day, the agony of not knowing ended, but with the news came more heartache.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
• The nanny didn’t leave for a couple of months, which was agony for me.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2022
• And that's the parents, the parents who raised the child, the parents who have seen that child go through agony.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
• The United States team and its fans erupted in joy; Pulisic was in agony.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
• The lessons have come wrapped in triumph, agony and with so much in between.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
• In the back, a man in German uniform, groaning in agony.
  — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
• Plus, there’s the fact that England fans are gluttons for the agony of defeat.
  — Sean Gregory, Time, 18 Aug. 2023
• By staying silent, the city may keep its distance from the agony of the shooting, and the fear and loss churned up by its wake.
  — Will Lanzoni, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2023
• About a year later, Vazquez cried in his bedroom in agony one night.
  — Anna Guaracao, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2023
• Into the suffering, the bloodshed, and the agony of civilians there.
  — Trey Yingst, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
• But the work was sporadic and her physical agony was acute.
  — Fortesa Latifi, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
• Despite the late comeback, the agony of coming short of back-to-back titles stung.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2023
• Over the past two weeks, something of a main show has been causing widespread agony as the green of spring takes over.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2023
• The agony — maybe more of a simmering fury — from the Olympic loss to the Americans lingered, though.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• These were the first moments of the agony that would haunt her over the next decade — spreading through her back, her shoulder, her arms.
  — USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024
• But the hourlong drive was a strain for Inez, and painful for Ken, who would writhe in agony during the commute.
  — Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
• For Miyamoto, the film had to mirror the agony and ecstasy of playing a video game.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Apr. 2023
• The joy of winning, the agony of defeat, the anxiety of the unknown and the camaraderie of my teammates.
  — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 4 Mar. 2024
• The agony came in waves as the wounded Ukrainian soldier in the back of the ambulance slipped in and out of consciousness.
  — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• There is a sort of palimpsest of thinking, reading: The ideas have been churning in the writer for years, but the agony of that work is nowhere to be found.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
• Otherwise, how to make sense of the agony with which Argentina went through this Cup?
  — Graciela Mochkofsky, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
• And the nature of that debt is piling on the agony: Almost a quarter of it is tied to inflation.
  — Mark Thompson, CNN, 5 Oct. 2023
• The hatred that had boiled up in her a long time ago went on seething, and the agony that used to surge in her remained swollen, a blister that wouldn’t burst.
  — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
• Zverev crumpled to the ground, wailing in agony and clutching at his lower leg.
  — Howard Fendrich, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2022
• The agony was plastered all over Darius Garland’s face.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024