Examples of agonizing in a Sentence
a long and agonizing battle with cancer
She made the agonizing decision to cancel the trip.
The agonizing wait was finally over.
He was in agonizing pain.
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Laura and Geoff tried to summarize the heights of Greg’s life — most tied to football — as well as his agonizing final 15 years.
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 24 July 2025
News reports and photographs from Texas have been agonizing reminders of the damage nature can inflict.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 10 July 2025
For eight agonizing days, M. Paul Traynor, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who has lived in Easton, Maryland, for the past 35 years, was left desperately searching for his missing dog.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
After twenty agonizing minutes of missiles, the all-clear sounded.
—Debbie Koristz, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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Christopher Kamrani, New York Times, 24 July 2025
News reports and photographs from Texas have been agonizing reminders of the damage nature can inflict.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 10 July 2025
For eight agonizing days, M. Paul Traynor, a native of Dublin, Ireland, who has lived in Easton, Maryland, for the past 35 years, was left desperately searching for his missing dog.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
After twenty agonizing minutes of missiles, the all-clear sounded.
—Debbie Koristz, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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“Agonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonizing. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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