How to Use agony in a Sentence

agony

noun

• It was agony to watch him suffer like that.
• The medicine relieves the agony of muscle cramps very quickly.
• She was in terrible agony after breaking her leg.
• Or, the Fed could take the low road and skirt the agony of a hard times.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
• The agony of fourth place in the Olympic marathon trials.
  — oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2020
• Here, the names of the dead can be spoken and the agony of loss can be shown.
  — Matt Sedensky, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
• The Virgin Mary, in blue veil, faints from the agony of her loss.
  — History Magazine, 22 Dec. 2020
• Murmurs of prayer and agony pierced through the face masks.
  — Julia Jones and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN, 1 June 2020
• Sports gives us the sense of achievement and the agony of defeat.
  — Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2020
• That the defeat came at the hands of Japan adds to the agony for Chinese fans.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• The agony is worth it, because that’s how ideas are born.
  — Christopher Beam, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• Or their parents’ agony, night and day, for the past five years.
  — David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
• Or their parents’ agony, day and night, for the past five years.
  — David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
• The next day, the agony of not knowing ended, but with the news came more heartache.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
• Jo, get out of there now and save yourself years of agony.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2024
• Allie—her body a flaming pyre of agony—rolled off the bed and fell to the floor.
  — William Earl, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
• The nanny didn’t leave for a couple of months, which was agony for me.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2022
• There was no pressure, no stress, no agony—just the need for speed.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 21 Dec. 2021
• And just like that, after 13 years of agony, the necklace was sold.
  — Tori Telfer, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• May God bring them comfort in this hour of their agony.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 Apr. 2022
• And that's the parents, the parents who raised the child, the parents who have seen that child go through agony.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024
• The United States team and its fans erupted in joy; Pulisic was in agony.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 29 Nov. 2022
• Part One movie to hit theaters, the agony is over — you're headed to Shiz!
  — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
• The lessons have come wrapped in triumph, agony and with so much in between.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
• The surge has brought pain, fear and agony to many lives in New Delhi and other cities.
  — NBC News, 22 Apr. 2021
• Friends and relatives of those trapped in Pokrovsky were in agony.
  — New York Times, 20 Mar. 2022
• In the back, a man in German uniform, groaning in agony.
  — Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
• Every muscle is in pure agony, but the show must go on.
  — Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2025
• While the woman cries out in agony, the driver is seen on video getting out of the vehicle to assess the situation.
  — Rebecca Pryor, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
• Just consider the agony of merging two or more sprawling thickets of technology.
  — Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025