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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:

Rockefeller was caught up in this anguished giving when Avenging Angel Tarbell began to rend his flesh in McClure's.
One of my most anguished memories is of trying to propel an unfortunate female classmate around the floor at the Mohawk Country Club during the senior prom of Schenectady High School.
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.
As a tragically repressed and alcoholic small-town cop, Nolte conveys a "fierce, anguished intensity" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Critics say Schrader's style is a perfect match for Russell Banks' novel, and that the director "has hit, in this exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited production, a new, deep level of artistry" (Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly ). Only complaint: The voice-over narration by Willem Dafoe (as Nolte's brother) is a bit stilted and portentous.
The NYT states that the apology was "an expression of remorse more complete, uncompromising and anguished than anything previously pronounced by the church."