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.
• For some, fighting through that agony might have been a victory of sorts.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• That the defeat came at the hands of Japan adds to the agony for Chinese fans.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
• As the days in captivity drag on, many have been killed, and their families live in agony.
  — NPR, 4 Sep. 2024
• Another butcher starts to blowtorch the dog, which thrashes about in agony.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2021
• After the match, Yazdanicharati could be heard wailing in agony on his way to the changing room.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Clover, mother of a 2-year-old boy, died after hours of intermittent agony.
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2021
• For other Floridians, the past few years have been a slow agony of contraction.
  — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
• Ortiz's sister Nicole said the agony of waiting for news of their fate is indescribable.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 4 Aug. 2021
• Arguably this is eloquent in its own way of the agony of that private wilderness, the frustrations of bushwhacking a path through it.
  — Richard Adams Carey, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2021
• For that matter, the entire drama is set up as a mystery and, as its details unfold, agonies that have remained long hidden are brought to light.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
• Its subject is the sudden onset of debilitating agony amid a life-threatening sickness.
  — Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2024
• Some of those offering testimony agreed to speak out even while mourning and experiencing personal agony, to help others avoid their fate.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021
• However, officials allege Morris did not rush Ramirez to the emergency room, even as the teen writhed in agony for hours and vomited blood.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2021
• Instead, his story dives headfirst into the challenges of creating identity, the agony of growing up and the ever-fickle nuances of family.
  — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 19 Aug. 2021
• At no point does Phillips’ pleasure-denying concept become sophisticated or rewarding enough to justify the agony of sitting through it.
  — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024
• Or, the Fed could take the low road and skirt the agony of a hard times.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
• 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 agony is worth it, because that’s how ideas are born.
  — Christopher Beam, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The lessons have come wrapped in triumph, agony and with so much in between.
  — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
• Friends and relatives of those trapped in Pokrovsky were in agony.
  — New York Times, 20 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024