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excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain: the anguish of grief.
to inflict with distress, suffering, or pain.
to suffer, feel, or exhibit anguish: to anguish over the loss of a loved one.
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How to use anguish in a sentence
We hear Alicia’s voice begin to tremble as she wanders off-camera, her grief and anguish visceral.
After years of feeling alone in her anguish and grief, Campfield felt like she was part of something bigger, something that could change the things she hated so much about the world.
One year after George Floyd’s death sparked a movement, many protesters’ lives are forever changed | Marissa Lang | May 28, 2021 | Washington PostOne young character, after suffering a grisly accident, screams in anguish—the wailing spirals out in an unavoidable whirl that seems to go on forever.
A Quiet Place Part II Is Tense and Effective—But a Little More Breathing Room Would Have Gone a Long Way | Stephanie Zacharek | May 26, 2021 | TimeNo family should have to go through the anguish, stress, and indignity we went through.
US to recognize citizenship of married couples’ children born abroad | Michael K. Lavers | May 19, 2021 | Washington BladeAmid this gloom and anguish, a local non-government organisation has become synonymous with hope.
How an NGO helped 10,000 Covid-19 patients survive India’s oxygen shortage | Niharika Sharma | May 16, 2021 | Quartz
Nowhere to be found is the anguish, the drama, the pain of an athlete on that level who considering walking away.
The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player | William O’Connor | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama | Jeff Campagna | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter mom cries out in anguish and frustration on hearing the verdict, the ugly side of the protests rears its head.
Michael Brown’s Stepfather Tells Crowd, ‘Burn This Bitch Down’ | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut their suffering and anguish is nothing compared to that of their victims.
These people, Beck said, are “serving in silence, serving in their own personal anguish, their own personal pain.”
Yes to LGB, No to T: The Pentagon Still Has a Transgender Ban | Tim Mak | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe suddenly sank back upon the pillow and gave up to bitter anguish, when she recalled what had followed.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxOddly enough, in that moment of anguish he thought of Hodson, the man who rode alone from Kurnaul to Meerut.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe eyes of the Marchioness and her daughter met with an anguish of commiseration in each, neither of them could utter.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHer own wild imaginings made death seem preferable to the anguish of her belief that Frank had fallen.
The Red Year | Louis TracyWe have heard the fame thereof, our hands grow feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, as a woman in labour.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | Various
British Dictionary definitions for anguish
/ (ˈæŋɡwɪʃ) /
extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony
to afflict or be afflicted with anguish
Origin of anguish
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