agonizes

present tense third-person singular of agonize
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for agonizes
Verb
  • The annual hand-wringing around whether New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone should be fired is already under way, but that won’t be decided for weeks as the club’s management takes a breath and grieves the club’s latest playoff exit.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In Saunders’s afterlife, various spirits join Willie, Lincoln’s eleven-year-old son who has died from typhoid fever, while his father grieves in the crypt.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • When an unexpected event takes him back to his hometown, he is reunited with his mother and old friends but also confronted by the corruption that plagues his country, sparking a political awakening.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Chapman’s tenure at the SBC Executive Committee from 1992 to 2009 encountered similar economic and political headwinds that plagues the SBC today, yet many Southern Baptists remember that time for Chapman’s determination to push past those hurdles for the sake of growing local churches.
    Liam Adams, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sister mourns her beloved brother Susan Lingle grew up in a household with brothers, and as the only girl in her family, she was loved and protected by them.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
  • As America mourns the loss of Charlie Kirk, a substantive void must be addressed.
    Alex Rosado, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Recent research finds a similar curse afflicts National Football League teams that compete to acquire one of the top picks in its annual draft of new players.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Motion sickness afflicts one in three adults and one in two children.
    Eric D. Lawrence, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Outside, the tide sighs against the rocks in steady conversation.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Worthington sighs at the suggestion.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The mistake tortures them, which prompts the couple to try and solve the mystery by producing a fake play in an attempt to get their ex-neighbor Mary (Chloe Cherry) to audition.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While the flu is traditionally associated with symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, runny or stuffy nose, headache and fatigue, children and adults alike can experience moderate to severe complications.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After sitting at my sewing machine for a couple of hours, my neck aches and my right foot is stiff from standing to attention over the pedal.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Grabber hounds Finn through an old phone booth and torments Gwen through her dreams.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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