Words similar to agonizing

Example sentences for: agonizing

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

Authentic Texan Matthew McConaughey on the cusp of his hunkdom dies an agonizing newsstand death, but recent Texas transplant Sandra Bullock is huge.
They order things more neatly in France here, for râle is both the name of the bird and the word for this agonized and agonizing sound.
The second step is the fun part: agonizing in public.
An agonizing production of willful beauty, it gives the lie to the implicitly posed question about Brodkey: megalomaniac or genius?
One example, not the author's fault, is the comment, “The editors of the Random House Dictionary of 1966 decided, after considerable agonizing, not to insert any four-letter words.”