The phrase "causes agony" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it when referring to something that is very painful or difficult to endure. For example, "The thought of losing her caused him unimaginable agony."
"For the sake of evil, the Slumlords twist the law to cause agony and despair.
Shinzo Abe, Japan's nationalist prime minister, pronounced that false reporting on comfort women had "caused agony to many people and damaged Japan's international reputation".Soon after the news, Sanae Takaichi, a revisionist politician who recently joined the cabinet, demanded anew a changed version of the Kono apology.
A hand left resting on his leg, over time, can cause agony as gravity forces the fingernail into his skin - a pain that he says can sometimes be worse than the time on a fishing boat when he accidentally slashed his hand with a gutting knife.
Zika hit the Americas and beyond, causing agony for pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, thousands of newborns with Zika-related abnormalities, and their families.
"All five horizons revolved around her soul," croons Vedder, but now she's gone, and even the sound of children playing only causes him agony.
Click here to view Leto's Rayon is a transgender woman – I tell Leto she reminds me of Vivien Leigh – whom Woodruff first meets in hospital when a circulation blockage in his leg causes him agony.
Setting 0 is painless, while setting 1,000 causes excruciating agony, but the difference between any two adjacent settings is so small as to be imperceptible.
It was a story that caused him agony to write.
A terminal brain tumor spread to her spine, causing such agony that eventually even morphine could not relieve it.
The texts of the secular songs that followed revisited the familiar topic of love's power to cause ecstasy, agony and embarrassment.
