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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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Exploding cannons and agonized screams are the soundtrack of a polite society being ushered into a new, more indiscriminately brutal age, one that Nagakado meets with foolish confidence, Omi with a nefarious grin, Blackthorne with outsider confusion, and Yabushige and Mariko with informed despair.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Its videos of agonized parents clutching their dead children and bodies being pulled from the rubble flood social media.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 9 May 2024
All the while, the report says, terrified students inside the classrooms called 911 and agonized parents begged officers to go in.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Claudel sheared off the head and arms and one knee, leaving the feet planted on the ground to support the woman’s body, a choice that emphasizes the agonized curve of her back, with its perfectly articulated spine.
—Farah Peterson, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
Its videos of agonized parents clutching their dead children and bodies being pulled from the rubble flood social media.
—Liam Stack, New York Times, 9 May 2024
All the while, the report says, terrified students inside the classrooms called 911 and agonized parents begged officers to go in.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Claudel sheared off the head and arms and one knee, leaving the feet planted on the ground to support the woman’s body, a choice that emphasizes the agonized curve of her back, with its perfectly articulated spine.
—Farah Peterson, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2023
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“Agonized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonized. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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