Examples of agony aunt in a Sentence
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From his time at The Toast to his tenure as Slate's Dear Prudence agony aunt, not to mention a frequently hilarious newsletter, Daniel Lavery's writing has been shot through with keen, slightly absurdist observations about pop culture and our relationship to it.
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Jordyn Taylor, Men's Health, 11 Jan. 2023
Her character carries the audience with her as what could have been an idyllic getaway thrusts demands on her to be an agony aunt, diffuse tension, thwart advances of friendship and more.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
Ludwig the mathematician fades out of the story too quickly after his stagey initial debates with Hermann, but he is played with tender vulnerability by Ed Stoppard, the playwright’s son by the agony aunt Miriam Stoppard.
—Kate Maltby, The New York Review of Books, 14 Feb. 2020
Jordyn Taylor, Men's Health, 11 Jan. 2023
Her character carries the audience with her as what could have been an idyllic getaway thrusts demands on her to be an agony aunt, diffuse tension, thwart advances of friendship and more.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
Ludwig the mathematician fades out of the story too quickly after his stagey initial debates with Hermann, but he is played with tender vulnerability by Ed Stoppard, the playwright’s son by the agony aunt Miriam Stoppard.
—Kate Maltby, The New York Review of Books, 14 Feb. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1974, in the meaning defined above
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“Agony aunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agony%20aunt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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