anguish
noun
excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain.
has anguished
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present perfectof anguish (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The dearth of tests available to Americans who may be infected has anguished molecular biologists, whose research routinely invokes the basic procedure used to detect virus genes in a patient’s nasal swab.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020
Such are the passions provoked these days by d’Annunzio, whose introduction into Trieste’s Piazza della Borsa in September has anguished many local residents.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2019
The tumult has anguished some longtime Massachusetts politicians, who recall that past primaries here were fought on momentous issues, as when Father Robert Drinan ousted a sitting House Democrat in 1970 over Vietnam.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
If It Prove Fair Weather, her latest, has anguished her for five years.
From Time Magazine Archive
This life-blighting system has anguished parents, embarrassed teachers and worried doctors, who find the young exam takers suffering from all sorts of mental and physical tensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
