Examples of agonizing in a Sentence
a long and agonizing battle with cancer
She made the agonizing decision to cancel the trip.
The agonizing wait was finally over.
He was in agonizing pain.
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Perhaps no vote was as agonizing for Senator Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican and medical doctor, than his vote to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President Trump’s health secretary.
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Otherwise, we’ll still be mired in this same agonizing debate.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Babcock issued her an agonizing ultimatum: either come up with the team now, or go down with Wilcox.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
That delay must have been agonizing for Atlantic executives.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Otherwise, we’ll still be mired in this same agonizing debate.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Babcock issued her an agonizing ultimatum: either come up with the team now, or go down with Wilcox.
—Cassidy Randall, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2025
That delay must have been agonizing for Atlantic executives.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Agonizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agonizing. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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