Agonize
to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in .
to put forth great effort of any kind.
to distress with extreme pain; torture.
contemporary examples
parents stood up to agonize about their responsibility, as cosigners, for the loans of their now unemployed offspring.
nyu professor: are student loans immoral? andrew ross september 26, 2012
the key is how much we can brood, and what is meant by brooding—is it to daydream, or is it to agonize over every detail?
‘true detective,’ obsessive-compulsive noir, and ‘twin peaks’ jimmy so march 13, 2014
the revenge factor would have been an added bonus, but really, what i wanted was for people to agonize over why i’d done it.
i was adam lanza, part 3 david frum december 22, 2012
historical examples
the great souls come and go and agonize and cry in the wilderness, and the little souls determine what shall be.
under the law edwina stanton babc-ck
may we know a little better what it is to agonize in prayer.
the -ssembly of g-d c. (charles) h. (henry) mackintosh
lock up the human wild beasts who agonize for liberty, and you will find that few jails will hold them.
the arena various
and this seething life, the turmoil and the noises of the city, agonize me.
prison memoirs of an anarchist alexander berkman
yet, dying, i agonize to live, and fear to drink the last drop of that bitter cup.
library of the world’s best literature, ancient and modern volume 11 various
too far gone to agonize in prayer, i could only quietly, almost mutely, just tell him how the poor child had no clothes.
how i know g-d answers prayer rosalind goforth
the plan operated mainly to agonize many children permanently against arising to speak their thought to fellow-creatures.
whilomville stories stephen crane
verb
to suffer or cause to suffer agony
(intransitive) to make a desperate effort; struggle; strive
v.
1580s, “to torture,” from middle french agoniser or directly from medieval latin agonizare, from greek agonizesthai “to contend in the struggle” (see agony). intransitive sense of “to suffer physical pain” is recorded from 1660s. that of “to worry intensely” is from 1853. related: agonized; agonizing.
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