anguished
adjective
an·guished
ˈaŋ-gwisht 
Examples of anguished in a Sentence
the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow
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The Bostock ruling arrived against a backdrop of anguished soul-searching on the right.
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Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The anguished frenzy reminded me of the scene across the street from then-Staples Center in those days after Kobe’s death, when thousands of people gravitated to that block of restaurants and bars and a purple-and-gold memorial grew.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
There’s a certain seductive logic to the argument Hoult’s anguished protagonist makes for letting someone take the fall for his mistake.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Her signature was the penetrating whisper, the ability to fluctuate volume within a single breath, bringing an anguished cry to a sound both thinly sympathetic and unbreakable at its core.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The anguished frenzy reminded me of the scene across the street from then-Staples Center in those days after Kobe’s death, when thousands of people gravitated to that block of restaurants and bars and a purple-and-gold memorial grew.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 25 Jan. 2025
There’s a certain seductive logic to the argument Hoult’s anguished protagonist makes for letting someone take the fall for his mistake.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
Her signature was the penetrating whisper, the ability to fluctuate volume within a single breath, bringing an anguished cry to a sound both thinly sympathetic and unbreakable at its core.
—Joshua Barone, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anguished
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“Anguished.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anguished. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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