Examples of agonized in a Sentence
an agonized cry of despair
one look at his agonized, tearful eyes and it was clear that something was terribly wrong
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Many movies have dealt with the agonized grief that follows a child’s death.
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024
Those waiting to hear whether their houses have burned are living in agonized dread.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
This time, Trump was not the subject of agonized debate among the billionaires.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
David Foster Wallace’s titular Depressed Person dwindles into existential nothingness, a speck of dust in the vacuum of her agonized solipsism.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024
Those waiting to hear whether their houses have burned are living in agonized dread.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
This time, Trump was not the subject of agonized debate among the billionaires.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
David Foster Wallace’s titular Depressed Person dwindles into existential nothingness, a speck of dust in the vacuum of her agonized solipsism.
—Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Agonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonized. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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