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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Jo, get out of there now and save yourself years of agony.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2024
• Allie—her body a flaming pyre of agony—rolled off the bed and fell to the floor.
  — William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
• The nanny didn’t leave for a couple of months, which was agony for me.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2022
• There was no pressure, no stress, no agony—just the need for speed.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 21 Dec. 2021
• And just like that, after 13 years of agony, the necklace was sold.
  — Tori Telfer, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• The quick change from ecstasy to agony left the Knights with a 3-2 record on the season.
  — Brian Murphy, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Nov. 2019
• May God bring them comfort in this hour of their agony.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 Apr. 2022
• And that's the parents, the parents who raised the child, the parents who have seen that child go through agony.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
• Just in time for the ecstasy—and the skin agony—of peak ski season.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2018
• The United States team and its fans erupted in joy; Pulisic was in agony.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
• Part One movie to hit theaters, the agony is over — you're headed to Shiz!
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
• That’s why there have countless films and even a couple of series constructed around the agony and the ecstasy of moviemaking.
  — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
• Yet Mitch cannot overcome his childhood agonies or mature with his peers or his country.
  — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025