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agonies

noun

plural of agony

as in horrors

a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness waiting all those hours to hear if he'd survived the plane crash was pure agony

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as in pains

a state of great suffering of body or mind the agony of never knowing what happened to her son

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as in explosions

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling the announcement that the war was over unleashed a mass agony of joy

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Recent Examples of agonies Sadly, in discouraging all the phantom agonies, FIFA inadvertently seems to have done away with the equally farcical phenomenon that is Magic Spray®. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 July 2026 The reticence of Cartland’s heroes belies agonies of loneliness. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 Although the novel’s center does not quite hold, O’Farrell’s emotional intelligence — the heart and heat of her characters — braces this sometimes unwieldy chronicle of a nation that has been subject to cumbrous historic agonies. — Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026 While significant, the Sotheby’s statue was just one among thousands of pieces that had been systematically stolen during the country’s deepest agonies. — Matthew Campbell, Bloomberg, 22 May 2026 The agonies of the day were only intermittently audible in the music on offer in Witten. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 The celebrated poet and memoirist, delves into the agonies of her decision and describes the emerging women’s liberation movement, of which Moore would soon become a participant. — Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026

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Noun

For Everton fans hoping this game would draw a line under the existential horrors of transfer deadline day earlier in the week, this was a positive outcome.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
For years, Germany has built its identity on its leadership role in a broader and more open Europe and on its culture of remembrance – keeping the horrors of the Nazi regime ever fresh in thought.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of horrors

Noun

Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Andy Pages, Rojas and others will still be playing through aches and pains by the time October rolls around.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Court filings haven't specified the nature of the new evidence; the judge and attorneys took pains not to disclose any details during a pretrial hearing on Tuesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pains

Noun

The second mystery is the puzzle over how exactly type Ia supernova explosions detonate.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The Keller offense has been a sight to behold so far this season with a pair of 55-point explosions in Week 1 and Week 2.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of explosions

Noun

These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
As more time passed and Minnesota remained within striking distance, nightmares of last season morphed into reality.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of nightmares

Noun

But foreigners have also experienced sporadic outbursts of xenophobic violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
If the lighting is controlled, the performances restrained (with room for outbursts, of course), and the score swelling at the right moments, the work will register as important.

— Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of outbursts

Noun

Some residents said hope is elusive given the island’s litany of miseries – from natural disasters to a bankrupt government to a financial control board that manages funding for infrastructure.

— Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Cyclospora, an intestinal parasite, has sickened thousands of people and hospitalized hundreds with explosive diarrhea, painful cramping, or other gastrointestinal miseries.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of miseries

Noun

That flexibility makes flow batteries particularly relevant to long-duration storage, where systems may need to deliver electricity for several hours rather than simply provide short bursts of backup power.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
Could Civale maybe be used in shorter bursts, meaning he could be used more often?

— Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

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