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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Their injuries are stomach-turning, their cries agonizing.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
In the agonizing time since, he’s endured a regimen of demanding physical therapy, and even stem-cell injections.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
Sharp couldn’t touch the ball again without a double-dribble being called and the ball bounced three agonizing times with no one else able to make it to the loose ball to get a shot off.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The agonizing death of someone close to us leaves us with the sensation, or perhaps just the longing, that there is more out there to understand than science has to offer.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
In the agonizing time since, he’s endured a regimen of demanding physical therapy, and even stem-cell injections.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2025
Sharp couldn’t touch the ball again without a double-dribble being called and the ball bounced three agonizing times with no one else able to make it to the loose ball to get a shot off.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
The agonizing death of someone close to us leaves us with the sensation, or perhaps just the longing, that there is more out there to understand than science has to offer.
—Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Agonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonizing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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