Sentence examples for a certain agony from inspiring English sources

It is with a certain agony, therefore, that I report that the finger of prime-time scrutiny is pointed, this season, at me.

Then, Ballet Theatre really sort of divided and had a difficult time holding together, and at that point she was outside, looking on with a certain agony.

For Billy — whose predictably useless if warmly loving parents (played by Tom Cavanagh and Kimberly Williams-Paisley) can offer him no help, largely because he doesn't tell them what's going on — the crucible of the worms has the potential glory, certain agony and epic dimension of a knight's quest.

And given the certain agony and difficulty of that — versus the vague, future possibility of a life-upending hack — I suspect most people will carry on as if nothing ever happened.

With so little knowledge of what Eisenhower called the "lingering sadness of war" and the "certain agony of the battlefield," they have done as much as anyone to turn the hard work of national security into the crass business of politics and entertainment.

That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield.

Certain agony aunts even encourage it because, you know, it's all about your happiness, you see.

The twerking [in Season 3's episode, "Certain Agony of the Battlefield"] came out of us just dancing on set one day between takes.

The possibility that work could be a redemptive force — a thing that not only dilutes certain agonies but also demands a less solipsistic (and less lonesome) vision of the world than addiction typically allows for — was progressive.

"Even though it's mundane, I've written about my divorce, my parents' divorce, my difficulties with my children and certain agonies and insecurities about aging.

So we have just been catching up with the reformed lads' mag's agony aunt – a certain Julie Burchill.