AGONY in a Sentence

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211 example sentences for AGONY, such as:

1. Atlanta was in agony and panic.
2. Scarlett stared at him in agony.
3. She lay there screaming in agony.
4. He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
5. The patient was writhing on the bed in agony.

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 Meanings and Examples of AGONY
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agony
 n.  extreme pain of mind or body; anguish; last struggle of life; death struggle
Classic Sentence: (205 in 14 pages)
1  She was naturally embarrassed and shy, and in agony lest they be overheard.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
2  As if every movement was agony, Gerald removed his wallet from his coat and opened it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  Atlanta was in agony and panic.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  She heard the upstairs door open and a low wailing moan, wrenched from the depths of agony, came to her ears.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  Stiffly, Scarlett climbed down from the seat, each movement of agony of aching muscles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
6  The next morning Scarlett's body was so stiff and sore from the long miles of walking and jolting in the wagon that every movement was agony.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  "Thank God, I'm not that modest," thought Scarlett, feeling rather than seeing Melanie's agony of embarrassment, as she wrapped the ragged cloth about the shattered face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  It all came back to her, the sickeningly hot day of the baby's birth, the agony of fear, the flight and Rhett's desertion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
9  She struggled against him madly, trying to bite his hand, to kick his legs, to scream her rage, despair, hate, her agony of broken pride.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
10  Scarlett stared at him in agony.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
11  He looked so capable and calm and even the slight twist of his mouth was comforting as though it proved her agony and confusion unwarranted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
12  "I've killed her," she thought, in superstitious agony.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
13  She did not want to talk of her now, to re-live the agony of the last hour.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
14  The whale was now going head out, and sending his spout before him in a continual tormented jet; while his one poor fin beat his side in an agony of fright.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
15  Here again with haughty agony, I read my sire.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
Example Sentence:
1  She lay there screaming in agony.
2  He lay in agony until the doctor arrived.
3  The dying man groaned with agony as the rescues tried to move him.
4  The patient was writhing on the bed in agony.
5  "Oh, PLEASE mind what you're doing!" cried Alice, jumping up and down in an agony of terror.
6  And thus he would die -- out in the cold world, with no shelter over his homeless head, no friendly hand to wipe the death-damps from his brow, no loving face to bend pityingly over him when the great agony came.