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Meanings of agonize in English

Portuguese
supliciar
Catalan
turmentar-se

Suffer agony or anguish.

supliciar
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Examples for "agonise"
Examples for "agonise"
1
Even during the year individuals and couples agonise about visits home.
The Irish Times
2
It leads me to agonise about a week without nail clippers.
The Guardian
3
Thanks to the bankers, I suggest Mr Miliband need not agonise any further.
The Guardian
4
The homeless agonise while they crouch in or near shop doorways.
The Irish Times
5
It was as good a place as any to agonise.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
Usage of agonize in English
1
They confer, they agonize, they threaten each other and scuffle for dominance.
Children of Time
2
Others, particularly Britain, still agonize publicly over what they should do.
Reuters
3
I did agonize over whether to come to you or not.
In a gilded cage
4
For whom does God let Job suffer and seek and agonize?
Three philosophies of life
5
We see our neighbors agonize over stagnant wages and lost jobs.
Reuters
6
That makes it easy to agonize about what you don't know.
Wired
7
Then why seek to agonize my heart with what I would gladly forget?
The Lights and Shadows of Real Life
8
Why are we forced to agonize over discussions that most parents can't relate to?
Ebony
9
He had expected him to agonize and have a tougher time making the decision.
The cottage
10
It was a tough choice, but there was no time to agonize over it.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
11
Love wasn't something she'd learned to define or agonize over.
Public secrets
12
But it made no sense to agonize over a decision that was a foregone conclusion.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
13
What's worse is that you'll agonize about doing that later if you go too far.
Ebony
14
For two more days Rob did nothing but agonize.
The genesis secret
15
You think Massy and his kind agonize like this?
Jacinto's Remnant
16
Remembrances had ceased to agonize, to urge me to headlong acts and foster sanguinary purposes.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
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Translations for agonize
Agonize through the time