AGONIZE in a Sentence
Learn AGONIZE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
38 example sentences for AGONIZE, such as:
1. All the time they agonize and pray.
2. She could find nothing definite to agonize about.
3. We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy.
4. This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
5. But to think of anything extraneous was an agonizing effort.
2. She could find nothing definite to agonize about.
3. We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy.
4. This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
5. But to think of anything extraneous was an agonizing effort.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of AGONIZE
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agonize
v. cause to agonize
v. suffer agony or anguish
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 She could find nothing definite to agonize about.
2 A pang went through her as she heard an agonized squealing which was suddenly stilled by a pistol shot and she knew that the sow was dead.
3 Meanwhile he cast agonized glances in the direction of Miss Bart, whose only response was to sink into an attitude of more graceful abstraction.
4 And now abating in his flurry, the whale once more rolled out into view; surging from side to side; spasmodically dilating and contracting his spout-hole, with sharp, cracking, agonized respirations.
5 The agonized whale goes into his flurry; the tow-line is slackened, and the pitchpoler dropping astern, folds his hands, and mutely watches the monster die.
6 Then a long, agonized, writhing neck shot upward and a dreadful cry echoed over the moor.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
Context Highlight In Chapter 7. The Stapletons of Merripit House
7 Again the agonized cry swept through the silent night, louder and much nearer than ever.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
Context Highlight In Chapter 12. Death on the Moor
8 I saw her agonized face over the parapet, and smiled to reassure her.
9 Pale as if he had been gazing on a serpent, he fixed his terrified eye on the agonized sufferer.
10 I was agonized with the idea of the possibility that the reverse of this might happen.
11 Nothing indeed could be more unfortunate and agonizing than the strange chances that have lately occurred.
12 There was nothing remarkable in all this conversation, but never after could Anna recall this brief scene without an agonizing pang of shame.
13 It was agonizing, but he considered he ought to tell her both these facts.
14 But to think of anything extraneous was an agonizing effort.
15 He felt this from the agonizing sensation of division that he experienced at that instant.
Example Sentence:
1 All the time they agonize and pray.
2 We agonized for hours about which wallpaper to buy.
3 She gave an agonized cry as they lifted the fallen branch from her leg.
4 He did not wish to die the agonizing death of his mother and brother.
5 This is a torturous, agonizing way to kill someone.
6 Aircraft production continued to plod along at an agonizingly slow pace.