verb
definition
To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
definition
To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
Examples of agonized in a Sentence
She let out a long agonized sigh.
Torn, she agonized over how much longer she would live before she, too, fell into madness.
She agonized over what it would be like to meet him again.
The two women moved out of sight and sound and Dean agonized through the lengthy, halting conversation before rejoining them.
He doubted, and agonized in his doubt; but as the sun set, the religious side of his nature had won the victory, and seems to have come out even purified from the struggle.
The Victorians had a constant, often agonized awareness of their responsibility for creating the future, and also unparalleled access to the past.
His fundamental religious conception was his own hard-found answer to his own agonized question as to the nature and assurance of salvation.
It was accompanied by a tortured screech of rending metal, which echoed around the hanger, giving agonized voice to those faces.
She had agonized over that decision before they were married.
In 1830 Oastler met John Wood, a worsted manufacturer from Bradford, who agonized over the need to employ children in his factory.
She agonized telling her family about her impending pregnancy and even considered termination.