anguished

adjective

an·guished ˈaŋ-gwisht

: suffering anguish : tormented

the anguished martyrs

: expressing anguish : agonized

anguished cries

Example Sentences

the military's explanation of the accident did nothing to console the anguished widow

Recent Examples on the Web The year before, after a jury acquitted four Los Angeles policemen who beat Rodney King and riots broke out in angry, anguished protest, a group of Black men pulled Reginald O. Denny, a white man, out of his truck and beat him nearly to death.

Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022 And with that the fire extinguished itself, the light left, and the anguished decreation of all things subsided.

Hannah Gold, Harper’s Magazine , 26 Oct. 2022 Inside the seclusion rooms, students often become more anguished.

Dave Boucher, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2022 This time, Schrader’s anguished protagonist with a mysterious past is played by Joel Edgerton, who stars opposite Sigourney Weaver and Quintessa Swindell.

Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022 The decision to preserve the scene has been the source of anguished debate in the four-and-a-half years since the shooting, which also injured 17.

Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022 At an anguished moment, Jama summons the courage to confront a human mob seeking vengeance.

Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 July 2022 Visiting Uvalde on Sunday, Biden mourned privately for three-plus hours with anguished families.

Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 Visiting Uvalde on Sunday, Biden mourned privately for three-plus hours with anguished families.

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