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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That issue is also the cause of much agonizing in the Treasury.—Ian King, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025 These families are among those in Israel who have paid the most agonizing personal cost of two years of prolonged war.—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025 The worried mom immediately booked a flight from Virginia to Colorado, which was an agonizing trip.—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025 But as the search at the Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School in Sidoarjo, about 420 miles east of Jakarta, entered its fourth day on Thursday, Indonesian authorities made the agonizing decision to move from rescue to recovery.—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agonizing
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