Example Sentences

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Each time she went home to Texas agonizingly short of her ultimate goal, four years away from her next chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The Jamaicans hit the the woodwork three times in the second half, with substitute Bailey-Tye Cadamarteri going agonizingly close with a header that crashed off the post in the 87th minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 19, 2025

Instead, with deep feeling and lacerating and gentle words, Leigh creates a world that, like the vast, mysterious one hovering outside its frame, can seem agonizingly empty if you can’t see the people in it.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2024

In a series of letters to Andy, Stewart wrote, “I am agonizingly jealous of your other women.”

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

It gave her something to focus on as she continued the agonizingly slow ascent between the dark, damp walls.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry