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• You should write in to the agony aunt; she'll sort it out for you.From the entry agony aunt
• I'm sick of everyone coming to me with their problems—I never wanted to be an agony aunt!From the entry agony aunt
• My shoulder was dislocated. It was agony to have it put to rights.From the entry to rights
• The English relief was palpable while the Welsh agony cut deep.2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the…. From the entry to the good
• The smoulder in his eyes dimmed, and he winced, half bending in agony.2016, K. M. Frontain, The Disposition of Ashes. From the entry smoulder
• John, a former college athlete who wanted to take the agony out of managing tailgates.2013 November 8, Nancy M. Better, “Tailgating Gets Online Playbooks”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Jul…. From the entry tailgate
• This affront to their immortal good taste leaves them writhing in agony—exposing all manner of vampireyness.2013, Rita Harris, Heather Harwood, Your Guide to Spotting and Outing Bloodsuckers at Work, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 4. From the entry vampireyness
• Trying to draw a breath flared the pressure on his chest into searing agony.2012, John Fisk, “October Fifth; Saturday”, in Monk’s Hood, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, book 2 (Comes the Demon), page 229. From the entry flare
• Nothing made sense anymore and they could not bear the agony of living a pointlessly hollow life.2011, Munayem Mayenin, Laranska the Anatomy of Fear. From the entry normaldom
• He was groaning in agony from the gut shot, and it kept him from regaining his feet.2010, Joe Mckinney, Apocalypse of the Dead, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry gut shot
• Like ballet and some forms of modern dance, thinspiration puts a premium on both agony and lightness.2008 May 25, Virginia Heffernan, “Narrow Minded”, in New York Times. From the entry thinspiration
• The agony of an oldman for being neglected in the family and ill-treated by his daughter-in-law, abides.2007, Bijay Kumar Das, Critical essays on post-colonial literature, page 146. From the entry oldman
• Even that sent paroxysms of beloid agony through my neck and throat.2005, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., The Eternity Artifact, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry beloid
• Neither diamond-hardness nor airy intangibility can save you from this, the searing agony of death!1977 July 10, Jim Shooter, “Beware the Ant-Man!”, in Avengers, volume 1, number 161, panel 5, Marvel Comics, page 14. From the entry airy
• It was his cross, and for the most part he bore the cranial agony with toughhearted contempt.1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal. From the entry toughhearted
• The big mongrel, in agony, snarled and made a lunge at his irritatingly dancing tormentor.1922, Albert Payson Terhune, Further Adventures of Lad. From the entry grazingly
• He beat his breast and "clooped" his lips like any aborigine in the agony of "chop" deferred.1900, Alfred Kinnear, “When Harcourt Led”, in Our House of Commons: Its Realities and Romance, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and…. From the entry cloop
• He was using the device at home but was left in agony when he could not detach it from his manhood.2016, Rory Tingle, “Thai man has a sex ring removed with bolt cutters after it became stuck on his penis”, in Daily Mail, Associated…. From the entry manhood
• One of the rebels hanging in agony next to Jesus lifted his head and barked in Jesus's direction, “Hey, Messiah!2016 April 13, William J. O'Malley, Being There: The Parables of Jesus in a Different Voice, Orbis Books, →ISBN, →LCCN. From the entry lamehead
• Our Master could see the agony of his little relative who was not yet fifteen and was already an agunah.2014, S. Y. Agnon, The Parable and Its Lesson: A Novella, pages 10–11. From the entry agunah
• Adam continued to moan in hypnotic agony.2007, Anthony Gioseffi, Mainframe. From the entry firedragon
• It can be both agony and ecstasy.2004, Sports Ticket: Live the Action! by Sportsfile, page 179. From the entry chaser
• Normally, I am a grade A waterfunk and the initial process of getting wet is agony but this was sheer bliss.1999, Henry Blofeld, It's Just Not Cricket! Henry Blofeld's Cricket Year, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 196. From the entry waterfunk
• You see I know these people backwards, the agony and the problems we had with those fellows is unbelievable," he says.1986, The Bulletin - Volume 108, page 28. From the entry olive branch
• I almost prefer the moments of agony.1961, CS Lewis, A Grief Observed. From the entry maudlin
• Fans crackled, feet shuffled, tobacco-chewers were in agony.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry sweat out
• The stilted sentences of his written sermon seemed no longer worth the agony of descending that abyss of surge to rescue.1923, Compton Mackenzie, “The First Sermon”, in The Parson’s Progress, London; New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Company, →OCLC, page 23. From the entry stilted
• As they come to themselves, they writhe in agony, so that their hammocks rock violently to and fro.1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 63. From the entry come to oneself
• Phuc was photographed aged nine as she ran, unclothed and screaming in agony, after napalm was dropped by a South Vietnamese Skyraider attack aircraft.2022 July 1, Rebecca Ratcliffe, “‘Napalm girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc receives final burn treatment after 50 years”, in The Guardian, archived…. From the entry napalm
• And to our Ukrainian friends in this moment of agony, I say we are with you, and we are on your side.2022 February 24, Boris Johnson, “PM statement to the House of Commons on Ukraine: 24 February 2022”, in gov.uk, archived from the…. From the entry slava Ukraini
• Self-reflections on hope are counterplayed by the grim reality in the camp, reminiscent of a lost home, and the agony for the future.2019, Natasha Remoundou, “Intercultural Performance Ecologies in the Making: Minor(ity) Theatre and the Greek Crisis”, in Charlotte…. From the entry counterplay
• People with AIDS tend to die after years of suffering, often screaming from the agony of cryptococcal meningitis or choking on thrush fungus.2009 September 27, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox”, in New York Times. From the entry cryptococcal
• The pelican represents his solitary birth and upbringing, the night owl his agony before and during the crucifixion, and the sparrow his resurrection.2004, Priscilla Heath Barnum, “Explanatory Notes [Commandment IV]”, in Dives and Pauper, volume II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Published for the…. From the entry night owl
• She had been doing it for so long on the “initiator’s” side that she had no sense of the agony of the “initiatees.”2000, William McMillen, Sticks, Chelsea, Mich.: Sleeping Bear Press, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry initiatee
• "Well," said Chuck, ketchupping his hamburger, "I'd rather do without King Lear than put up with the human agony it sprang out of.1973, Horizon, page 15. From the entry ketchup
• Joe Christmas (Light in August), Nancy Mannigoe (Requiem for a Nun), and the Corporal (A Fable) endure Titanlike agonies with Christlike meekness and fortitude.1959 spring, C. N. Stavrou, “Ambiguity in Faulkner’s Affirmation”, in The Personalist: An International Review of Philosophy, Religion…. From the entry Titanlike
• My own boyhood has died in agony on this gaunt mishallowed rock grown weary in gazing so long upon the Pacific's meaningless settle and heave.1951, ODELL SHEPARD, WILLARD SHEPARD, JENKINS' EAR. From the entry mishallowed
• Nevertheless, the fox was right in a way : the rabbit had some kind of rabbitish occupation which did largely temper his agony.1941, Mīkhaīl Evgrafovīch Saltykov, Fables, page 54. From the entry rabbitish
• And that sense of security is worth more than a thousand of the temperamental ecstasies and agonies that are the appanage of hard-up youth.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry apanage

Meaning of agony

1. noun Extreme pain or anguish.
2. noun The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).
3. noun Violent contest or striving.

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How do you use agony in a sentence?

Agony is used as a noun. For example: “When the weight fell on her foot, she cried out in agony.”

What is a short sentence with agony?

“Adam continued to moan in hypnotic agony.”

What does agony mean?

Agony means extreme pain or anguish.