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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Watching Spencer unravel and knowing Toby was playing this double agent game was agonizing.
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Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
White survived, but watched countless peers and loved ones suffer agonizing deaths.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
As recognition of Bechdel’s talents grew, her methods became more laborious, her subject matter more agonizing.
—Charlie Tyson, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
After years of sleepless nights, agonizing, crying, begging for answers, Thom still is fighting for justice for her son: Denis Preka, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, who died one day shy of his 22nd birthday during what was supposed to be a study night at his friend's house on March 19, 2019.
—Tresa Baldas, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
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Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
White survived, but watched countless peers and loved ones suffer agonizing deaths.
—Hillel Italie, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
As recognition of Bechdel’s talents grew, her methods became more laborious, her subject matter more agonizing.
—Charlie Tyson, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
After years of sleepless nights, agonizing, crying, begging for answers, Thom still is fighting for justice for her son: Denis Preka, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, who died one day shy of his 22nd birthday during what was supposed to be a study night at his friend's house on March 19, 2019.
—Tresa Baldas, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Agonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonizing. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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