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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However, watching the slow and steady movement of a horrific storm on a collision course with my beloved land over the last several days was agonizing.
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Grace White, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
The Bulldogs have just lost them in agonizing fashion.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
This isn’t to say writer and director Mary Bronstein’s film, about the agonizing deterioration of a woman whose life is falling down around her in near-apocalyptic fashion, isn’t worth watching.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The attendance bounce that Super Mario and company gave Universal Studios Hollywood with the opening of Super Nintendo World evaporated like a fleeting high score in a video game as the movie theme park suffered an agonizing loss in the latest industry rankings.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
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Grace White, Essence, 29 Oct. 2025
The Bulldogs have just lost them in agonizing fashion.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
This isn’t to say writer and director Mary Bronstein’s film, about the agonizing deterioration of a woman whose life is falling down around her in near-apocalyptic fashion, isn’t worth watching.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The attendance bounce that Super Mario and company gave Universal Studios Hollywood with the opening of Super Nintendo World evaporated like a fleeting high score in a video game as the movie theme park suffered an agonizing loss in the latest industry rankings.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Agonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonizing. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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