agonize
verb (used without object)
to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
were agonizing
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past progressiveof agonize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The final few hours were agonizing for father and son.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
I have extra ankle bones in each foot, and high heels were agonizing.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 1, 2019
The questions I had to ask this young girl were agonizing.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2019
He continued, “You couldn’t have imagined in that room of the Capitol that policy makers were agonizing over it in that way, and having that gut kind of conversation.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2010
Pollard’s injuries, involving fragmented bones that ground together each time he moved, were agonizing, and medicine offered few practical solutions.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
