agony

Definition:
1. Intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain.
2. A state of acute pain.

Use 'agony' in a sentence:

• 1. "At first I was in agony and despair," he recalls.
• 2. The old woman expired in agony.
• 3. He was writhing in agony.
• 4. His face screwed up in agony.
• 5. Would he arouse him with a throb of agony?
• 6. Instead of listening to the cry of agony, they listen to the ring of dollars, stoop down and pick up the coins.
• 7. She was in agony.
• 8. No one could see she was actually in agony.
• 9. His apotheosis, it now seems, has led only to agony.
• 10. If you've ever started a sentence with, "If I were you." or found yourself scratching your head at a colleague's agony over a decision when the answer is crystal-clear, there's a scientific reason behind it.
• 11. Don't prolong the agony ─ just tell us who won!
• 12. We were taught that our armies were always invincible and our causes were always just, only to suffer the agony of Vietnam.
• 13. It is hard not to want to comfort a child who shows such agony.
• 14. She had to go through the agony of leaving her children.
• 15. He was in agony.
• 16. My peace I give in agony and sweat.
• 17. She called out in agony.
• 18. But he lived for several days, dying two days ago in agony.
• 19. A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests.
• 20. Whose was the agony of that death moment?
• 21. Alice jumped up and down in an agony of terror.
• 22. The agony of the injured soldiers was dreadful to see.
• 23. The boys clasped each other suddenly, in an agony of fright.
• 24. We found him in the agonies of death.
• 25. I was in an agony of doubt.
• 26. He crumpled up in agony.
• 27. Between Body and Mind& the Expression of Agony in the Present Literature.
• 28. Thoughts are burdens the abyss and agony.
• 29. The months of agony and disease?
• 30. Her bruises had faded, but I could still see the evidence of her agony around her wrists.
• 31. As a young man he suffered agonies of religious doubt.
• 32. She was writhing around on the floor in agony.
• 33. He endured agonies of loneliness and misery.
• 34. And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!
• 35. There was a pain then, a quick, blinding agony that jumped along Danlo's spine.
• 36. The agony of arthritis made him unable to sleep.
• 37. She waited in an agony of suspense.
• 38. The death agony of the barricade was about to begin.
• 39. The fire saved us the agony of deciding what to keep and what to get rid of.
• 40. It was agony not knowing where the children were.
• 41. He fell awkwardly and went down in agony clutching his right knee.
• 42. But then I did feel it, and I couldn't hold back my scream of agony.
• 43. Tom was in an agony.
• 44. You simply cannot conceive of the agony.
• 45. He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
• 46. The agony of her loss had become numb acceptance of it.
• 47. He endured excruciating agonies before he finally expired.
• 48. Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses.
• 49. I was bent double in agony.
• 50. Jack collapsed in agony on the floor.
• 51. The worst agonies of the war were now beginning.
• 52. He staggered around the playground, screaming in agony.