AGONIZE in a Sentence

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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.

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 Meanings and Examples of AGONIZE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
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.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
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.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
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.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
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
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
8  I saw her agonized face over the parapet, and smiled to reassure her.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VI
9  Pale as if he had been gazing on a serpent, he fixed his terrified eye on the agonized sufferer.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 79. The Lemonade.
10  I was agonized with the idea of the possibility that the reverse of this might happen.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
11  Nothing indeed could be more unfortunate and agonizing than the strange chances that have lately occurred.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
12  There was nothing remarkable in all this conversation, but never after could Anna recall this brief scene without an agonizing pang of shame.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 27
13  It was agonizing, but he considered he ought to tell her both these facts.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 16
14  But to think of anything extraneous was an agonizing effort.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 18
15  He felt this from the agonizing sensation of division that he experienced at that instant.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 14
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.