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Examples of agonize in a Sentence
got into more trouble, further agonizing her poor mother
agonized for days over whether she'd done the right thing
Recent Examples of agonize from the Web
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Placekicking was agonizing for the Saints last season but Will Lutz is generally thought of as an up-and-comer.
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Late stage Lyme symptoms can include paralysis, agonizing joint pain, neurological problems, severe headaches, problems with memory, hearing, and vision, inflammation of the brain, and inflammation of the heart.
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Celene Wong, 39 Boston The choice was agonizing for Wong.
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He was buried near her after the kind of awful, agonized public wake that attended the passing of Rudolph Valentino and Judy Garland.
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Don't think about it, don't make the pro-con list, don't agonize over it for six months, because my husband was diagnosed and died within six months.
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But those brief, agonizing scenes between Cersei and Tycho Nestoris of the Iron Bank could play a major role in the episodes to come.
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A new report from Law360 finds that the legal profession is making agonizing slow progress in bringing gender diversity to its upper ranks.
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After interviewing five candidates and narrowing the field to two, Town of Hillsboro commissioners spent 25 minutes largely silent, agonizing over how to resolve a 3-2 vote.
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First Known Use of agonize
1570
agonize Synonyms
Synonyms
afflict, anguish, bedevil, beset, besiege, curse, excruciate, harrow, persecute, plague, rack, torment, tortureRelated Words
assail, attack; badger, dog, hound, pursue, ride; aggravate, agitate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, distress, disturb, exasperate, gall, get, grate, gripe, hagride, harass, harry, irk, irritate, molest, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put out, rasp, rile, vex; discomfort, discompose, disquiet, fluster, grieve, perturb, strain, stress, trouble, try, upset, worry; crush, oppress, overpower, overwhelm, smite, strike, tyrannize, victimize; hurt, pain, pang, prick, smart, stab, sting, wring; martyrNear Antonyms
abet, aid, assist, help; deliver, release, relieve, reprieve; comfort, console, content, quiet, solace, soothe, succorAGONIZE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of agonize for English Language Learners
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: to think or worry very much about something
AGONIZE Defined for Kids
agonize
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ag·o·nize
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Definition of agonize for Students
agonized;
agonizing
:to think or worry very much about something
She agonized over the choices.
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