How to Use agony in a Sentence

agony

noun

• It was agony to watch him suffer like that.
• The medicine relieves the agony of muscle cramps very quickly.
• She was in terrible agony after breaking her leg.
• There's agony etched on the faces of those in the stands.
  — SI.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• Or, the Fed could take the low road and skirt the agony of a hard times.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
• The agony of fourth place in the Olympic marathon trials.
  — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2020
• But the ecstasy of the base is the agony of the mainstream.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2018
• Here, the names of the dead can be spoken and the agony of loss can be shown.
  — Matt Sedensky, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
• The Virgin Mary, in blue veil, faints from the agony of her loss.
  — History Magazine, 22 Dec. 2020
• The portrait of Jeff Flake over the past two weeks is of a man in agony.
  — Dylan Scott, Vox, 3 Oct. 2018
• Murmurs of prayer and agony pierced through the face masks.
  — Julia Jones and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 1 June 2020
• Sports gives us the sense of achievement and the agony of defeat.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
• But then, the agony of not telling him grows bigger than the fear of telling.
  — Mithila Phadke, Longreads, 14 May 2018
• That the defeat came at the hands of Japan adds to the agony for Chinese fans.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• The agony is worth it, because that’s how ideas are born.
  — Christopher Beam, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• The next day was agony, driving through the desert, the scenery sharp and unkind.
  — Chris Rush, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• If the fates are kind, the Avs have learned at least two things from the sheer agony of the past weekend.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
• Or their parents’ agony, night and day, for the past five years.
  — David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
• Or their parents’ agony, day and night, for the past five years.
  — David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
• That the agony of defeat is something to take pride in.
  — Wendy Davis, Cosmopolitan, 10 Oct. 2017
• Part of the beauty, and the agony, of gold hoops is that there are so many good ones to be had.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 29 Mar. 2019
• The next day, the agony of not knowing ended, but with the news came more heartache.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
• For those with the stomach to bask in the agony of defeat, take a look some memes.
  — Emily Lane, NOLA.com, 15 Jan. 2018
• Trims and Options We’d Choose The 2-series presents us with the agony of choice.
  — Car and Driver, 3 Aug. 2017
• Jo, get out of there now and save yourself years of agony.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2024
• That change has led to biennial agony about the risk of one party getting locked out of the November election.
  — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
• Howling in agony looking at the spot where his legs used to be.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
• Tony was in agony and there was a lot of blood.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 28 May 2026
• Jack Grealish had rolled on the floor in agony.
  — Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026
• The blowout loss would’ve been enough agony, but there were injuries to match the insult.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 May 2026