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
• 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
• 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
• The lessons have come wrapped in triumph, agony and with so much in between.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
• The surge has brought pain, fear and agony to many lives in New Delhi and other cities.
  — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2021
• Its noise, boys screaming, could pass as typical roughhousing or as agony.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
• That said, there are searing moments of pathos from Jarvis (Shōgun) as Elliott, the most gravely wounded of the troop, screaming in agony as he’s dragged across the floor to relative safety, trailing blood.
  — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025