anguishes
- present tense form of anguish (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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There are few things Americans agree on these days, but one is a shared delight in the anguishes of the Durham, N.C., basketball behemoth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
There’s also the debates over the graphic nature of scenes showing violence, sexual assault, the realities of historical enslavement, and other anguishes Black people experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
It may be on stage rather than screen, but Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin, currently running at the National Theatre, also applies mordant humour to the anguishes and indignities of reproductive life.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
Their anguishes are likewise balanced, so you never know where to land your sympathy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2018
And so, to repeat: How much more bitter, dearly beloved, are the anguishes of the soul than any mere bodily distress!
From In a Little Town by Hughes, Rupert
