Sentence example with the word 'agonize'

agonize

ache, blanch, crucify, fight, gripe, irritate, pierce, rack, sorrow, throb, twitch

Definition v. cause to agonize

Last update: October 27, 2015


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Governments or community leaders agonize over a decision to go to war.   [verb]

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The Kingdom is to those who strive, who agonize to enter it, whose hearts are shattered over their sinfulness.   [verb]

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The death of her son agonized her.   [verb]

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She agonized for days whether to allow her son to join the army.   [verb]

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At the first landing-place, Sir Arthur made an agonized pause; and as he observed the Antiquary look at him anxiously, he said with assumed dignity--"Yes, Mr."   [verb]

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In agonized doubt he looked down at the youth's pallid features, and deep, sorrowful compassion filled his mind.   [verb]

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The knight's strength of mind gave way to a burst of agonized distress, and he groaned and wept aloud.   [verb]

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But those who feel the agonized cry understand its harmony; they hear in it the fulfillment of the most compelling moment of human nature.   [verb]

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And to shout, to gnash one's teeth, and to writhe, and to struggle, and to agonize, with that enormous city which knows nothing of it all, over one's head.   [verb]

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But prison walls rarely allow the agonized shrieks of the victims to escape--prison walls are thick, they dull the sound.   [verb]

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The agonized Smith, accompanied by a few of his best woodsmen, pursued the spoil-encumbered foe.   [Please select]

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