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 Cather, Willa Sibert