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Examples of anguished in a Sentence
the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow
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The result, last fall's anguished Skeleton Tree, is a difficult album to sit through.
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Gregg Allman’s vocals, by turns squalling and brooding, took their cue from the anguished emoting of down-home blues singers like Elmore James, as well as from more sophisticated ones like Bobby Bland.
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14th Century
First Known Use of anguished
14th century
ANGUISHED Defined for Kids
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: expressing physical or emotional pain an anguished cry
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