Words similar to agony

Example sentences for: agony

How can you use “agony” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

No greater agony than what?
What is especially enjoyable about the Republican Party's agony over abortion is that the leading Republican lights are almost surely pro-choice in their hearts.
The stadium itself, and the kind of activity that took place there, were called agon , a Greek word which originally meant simply `competition,' but which has given us our word `agony.
There is no greater agony."
A good example of using reporting to break through the generalities of a policy issue is the WSJ 's front-page piece about the agony of administrators trying to decide which children should lose their disability payments under the tough new welfare law.