Wondering how to use Agony in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as suffering or torment.
Agony in a sentence
Agony meaning
- Extreme pain.
- The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized).
- Violent contest or striving.
Using Agony
- The main meaning on this page is: Extreme pain. | The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane (often capitalized). | Violent contest or striving.
- Useful related words include: suffering, torment, torture, hurt.
- In the example corpus, agony often appears in combinations such as: in agony, the agony, agony of.
Context around Agony
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Agony
- In this selection, "agony" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, physical, hamstrung, bikers, uncles, island and similar stand out and add context to how "agony" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about the agony he was and advice as agony uncles with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "agony" sits close to words such as adamu, ailments and bilingual, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with agony
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Death holds nothing but punishment and agony for them for eternity. (11 words)
But Lorien says she remembers being in 'agony' soon after arriving home. (12 words)
Gates of Agony finish 2-5 for 4 points, matching Oiwa & Kiyomiya. (12 words)
Despy in, running hot, fighting Gates of Agony off with aplomb, babyface team with the Best Friends snap zoom hug but it’s a mistake and Desperado gets planted with a powerbomb and laid out with a kick and only saved by Romero! (43 words)
He said: “Cumberland Council’s efforts to undermine striking workers through the use of agency workers while not negotiating in good faith, despite knowing that they will have to harmonise rates, is prolonging the agony for families across Allerdale. (39 words)
Obviously, the future of Hong Kong is doomed under China’s totalitarian regime and Hong Kong would undergo the agony similar to the agony that Tibet is under going, if the world community would remain unconcerned. (36 words)
Despy in, running hot, fighting Gates of Agony off with aplomb, babyface team with the Best Friends snap zoom hug but it’s a mistake and Desperado gets planted with a powerbomb and laid out with a kick and only saved by Romero! (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
Agony Island sees the two give light-hearted advice as 'Agony Uncles' with a comedy spin.
He told me about the agony he was in, to sit on a chair was agony for him and needing to, at one point, lay on the ground, to find any bit of relief.
Obviously, the future of Hong Kong is doomed under China’s totalitarian regime and Hong Kong would undergo the agony similar to the agony that Tibet is under going, if the world community would remain unconcerned.
Alice’s hamstrung agony mushrooms until one particular delusion encourages her to seize upon the redemptive power of narrative.
Along with the physical agony, Keith was advised when the issue first presented itself to stay off his feet and indoors as much as possible to limit the risk of the condition worsening.
Amid horror stories of people pulling their own teeth out and children being left in agony, the Mail found just ONE of Oxfordshire’s dentists is currently accepting new adult NHS patients.
But Lorien says she remembers being in 'agony' soon after arriving home.
By now, the baby was screaming in agony from the burns on her foot.
Charles suffered the agony of being axed from the Lionesses squad for last year's Euros but has made the cut for the World Cup.
Dave was diagnosed with cancer last year and announced it in May while on podcast The Hairy Bikers: Agony Uncles… A Right Pair of Aunts.
Death holds nothing but punishment and agony for them for eternity.
Despite the physical agony they’ve had to endure, the couple are still in favour of the strikes.
Despy in, running hot, fighting Gates of Agony off with aplomb, babyface team with the Best Friends snap zoom hug but it’s a mistake and Desperado gets planted with a powerbomb and laid out with a kick and only saved by Romero!
For some Iranian women who have ended up separated from their daughters, the agony is superseded only by the fear of the dangers that a reunion might bring.
Gates of Agony finish 2-5 for 4 points, matching Oiwa & Kiyomiya.
He never saw freedom before dying in agony in Ashworth Hospital in 2017.
He said: “Cumberland Council’s efforts to undermine striking workers through the use of agency workers while not negotiating in good faith, despite knowing that they will have to harmonise rates, is prolonging the agony for families across Allerdale.
Holly Willoughby was forced to apologise for Miriam Margolyes as she swore twice as she appeared as an agony aunt on This Morning.
Ignore what people who have been divorced say to each other for the first two years, she advises – “it comes out of agony”.
In short, Bond's and Bourne's stories speak to love, agony and redemption.
Common combinations with agony
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- in agony 50×
- the agony 49×
- agony of 28×
- agony and 20×
- of agony 16×
- and agony 12×
- agony as 8×
- agony that 6×
- agony after 6×
- agony for 5×