Sentence examples for by agonizing from inspiring English sources

Their names are synonymous with heartbreak, through decades of mediocrity punctuated by agonizing near-misses.

Step by agonizing step, Mom was limping her way to the place where her favorite child settled in Seoul 30 years earlier.

By agonizing over "fake" news, journalists often appear to blame nameless others for the failings of the widely distrusted news industry.

Anyone who dares to flout these edicts risks being remanded to the capital for a gaudy public trial followed by agonizing punishments.

Even as Beslan was consumed by agonizing worry and grief, interviews with the survivors told of a moment when the first day of school became the opening of an ordeal.

Any negotiations will be plagued by agonizing wordplay and status issues, but Taiwan needs to find creative ways to keep the Chinese talking, it seems clear from last week's report.

By the time the need to answer "Sgt. Pepper" receded, studio craft had mutated into a virtue rather than a technique, and albums had become self-conscious statements to be labored over, layering instruments track by track and agonizing over the final mix.

He was a great friend, whether riding shotgun on the Sunday trips to get bagels and lox or waltzing in with malicious glee to intentionally bring bad luck as my father crouched by the television agonizing over some ill-fated football bet.

The process of realizing and accepting their limitations was acknowledged as agonizing by some informants.

His pace, case by case, polling station by polling station, was agonizing.

By early last spring, Asma was agonizing about whether to flee as well.