“She could not help but agonize herself wondering if Will was going to ask her to the dance.”

“Their generosity will mean that Joan will no longer need to agonize about her son and his future.”

“They agonize over the passing of those magic moments when it seemed that everyone was able to rally together and move to a common drumbeat.”

“Governments continue to agonise about ways of reducing the road toll, through speeds, more police, double demerit points, more advertising.”

“It was not necessary for us to agonise over the state of the retina or retinal vessels through a small undilated pupil.”

“Let's not agonise over the people's choice in an election where no choice was offered.”

“She simply agonises over how to describe what she does when a camera is pointed at her, saying that she feels more like a performer or a circus turn than an actress.”

“On his deathbed, a family patriarch agonizes over being able to recognize his grandchildren.”

“She agonizes instead over her affairs and insecurities, her inability to be satisfied with one lover.”

“The largest forest of the world agonizes in the drought.”

“There is no doubt that this full exposure to experience incorporates involvement with pain, suffering, hardship, distress and agonised emotions.”

“For years, gift-givers have agonised over what to buy relations who happen to be grumpy teenage boys.”

“That night, sniffing and sneezing, I agonised over why my own mother would put me through such an experience.”

“Viewers in those days were agonized by his notion of justice and fair play!”

“This is not to say that he was not agonized by risky decisions he needed to make with regard to his career as a sage.”

“Even before he had buried her, he had begun to try to exorcise the memory of her final bewildered, agonized week.”