agonizing
adjective
ag·o·niz·ing
ˈa-gə-ˌnī-ziŋ 
: causing agony
an agonizing injury
agonizingly
adverb
Examples of agonizing in a Sentence
a long and agonizing battle with cancer
She made the agonizing decision to cancel the trip.
The agonizing wait was finally over.
He was in agonizing pain.
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The show did not overtly discuss the agonizing circumstances facing the Guthrie family.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
No easy options to cut Medicaid While nearly everyone accepts that cutting Medicaid is inevitable, the choices for how to do it can be agonizing.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Another agonizing Final Four loss left Texas coach Vic Schaefer among the dejected as well.
—John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
His disaffection baffles his acquaintances and pains his tubercular wife (a superb Quinn Jackson), whose doctor (Lambert Tamin) has only contempt for her husband’s agonizing.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
No easy options to cut Medicaid While nearly everyone accepts that cutting Medicaid is inevitable, the choices for how to do it can be agonizing.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
Another agonizing Final Four loss left Texas coach Vic Schaefer among the dejected as well.
—John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
His disaffection baffles his acquaintances and pains his tubercular wife (a superb Quinn Jackson), whose doctor (Lambert Tamin) has only contempt for her husband’s agonizing.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for agonizing
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“Agonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonizing. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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