agonizingly

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Recent Examples of agonizingly The Americans did rally on Sunday, winning 8 1/2 out of a possible 12 points to come agonizingly close to what would have been the greatest moment in Ryder Cup history. Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 The hiring process, however, is proving to be agonizingly slow, with the first job offers for several dozen electronic technicians, meteorologists and hydrologists either just out the door or soon to go out, depending on the position. Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 The pirates forced the survivors to help load the ship with as many ore containers as the ship could carry before sending them back to the ice moon to agonizingly await whatever would be their fate. Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 The Democratic Party has held the governor’s mansion since 1985, including one agonizingly close election that is widely regarded by local Republicans to have been stolen. Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025 Many of them leaned into generative AI and LLMs during their schooling, often doing so on their own since the university was either silent on the matter or was agonizingly trying to figure out what role AI should have in the medical education arena. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agonizingly
Adverb
  • Taylor makes a persuasive case for how artists can grow, if incrementally and maybe bitterly, amid so much numbing digital noise.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Fede knows the truth, but Roberto doesn’t, and Fede has held that over Antonio ever since, with Antonio bitterly blaming himself for his wife’s death.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • It was sadly demolished in 1980 to make way for a parking lot, but its legacy lives on in the new club.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Ella’s story is touching yet sadly not unique.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • That’s especially true, painfully so, for recent college graduates.
    Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
  • That’s another high hurdle, because the ACA credits split Republicans painfully.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In police bodycam footage shown in The Perfect Neighbor, Lorincz claims that Owens had been banging on her locked front door so hard that her house started shaking.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Every day, we are inundated with imagery urging us to work harder, buy more … and never stop.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Agonizingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agonizingly. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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