anguish
noun
excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain.
had anguished
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past perfectof anguish.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Judge Geraint Walters told the court he had "anguished" over Bell’s sentencing.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024
She had anguished over the decision, prayed about it with her husband, gotten a second opinion and gone around and around with Grimm.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
I’d been invited to join the Olympic men’s basketball team and had anguished about it for weeks.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2018
Thor was conservative in all things, and the whole family had anguished with him when he was being weaned.
From The Song of the Lark by Willa Sibert Cather
