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Example sentences for: anguished

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

He tries to disarm the accusation that he was callous about executing Karla Fay Tucker by portraying his decision as an anguished crisis of conscience.
Time has fresh shots of an anguished Ethel and a plaintive Rory Kennedy.
Loughrin's insights run from the profound ("I realized how much Patsy's frilly, feminine decorative taste clashed with that of the young college students") to the truly anguished ("I passed a spiral staircase on my right, shuddering as I realized these were the same stairs where Patsy claimed to have found the ransom note that fateful morning after Christmas").
Her personal authenticity was the backdrop against which these men were able to turn their experiences into words with an anguished and heartbreaking transparency.
Here's an example of why: In Twilight , aging gumshoe Paul Newman regards glamorous movie queen Susan Sarandon with anguished eyes, his longing for her at war with his loyalty to her cancer-ridden husband (Gene Hackman).