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.
