agonies
- plural of agony.
Example Sentences
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This hazardous Circumstance threw the Favourite into inexpressible Agonies.
From The Amours of Zeokinizul, King of the Kofirans Translated from the Arabic of the famous Traveller Krinelbol by Crébillon, Claude Prosper Jolyot de
Sure never poor Soul was in such Agonies as I. Wicked Man! said I; wicked, abominable Woman!
From Pamela Censured by Anonymous
The stamp of his sufferings is on every passage in that exilic work “Isaiah” XL-LXVI, which presents the Suffering Servant of the Lord and declares the atoning virtues of His Agonies and Death.
From Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 by Smith, George Adam, Sir
Agonies came upon him, for even the slightest disorder in these plague-stricken times filled men with fear.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
God knows the Prayers, the Pains, the Tears, and the Agonies that have been Employ'd for them.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
