agony
IPA: ˈægʌni
noun
- Extreme pain.
- (biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
- Violent contest or striving.
- Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
- The last struggle of life; death struggle.
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Examples of "agony" in Sentences
- The physical agony of a toothache can be unbearable
- She could see the agony in his eyes as he recounted the accident
- The mother's heart was filled with agony as she watched her child suffer
- It was sheer agony trying to make it through the marathon with a sprained ankle
- The agonizing wait for test results was almost too much to bear
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