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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:

Add to this those perverse types who voluntarily renounce such fine family designations as Cupissol `Arsepiss' and the result, according to an anguished M. Tesnières, is that 70 out of every 100 current surnames disappear in the course of a single generation.
Nureyev, who was 28 at the time, looked the anguished, searching youth that the story requires.
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").
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).
Harrison Ford tries to help by looking anguished as he hits, kicks, and shoots his way to the final duel with Oldman.