Sentence examples for causing agony from inspiring English sources
Disappearances are perhaps the cruelest form of government abuse, causing agony not only to the detainees but to their relatives as well.
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.
"For the sake of evil, the Slumlords twist the law to cause agony and despair.
Most use a sequence of drugs that is supposed to provide a painless death, but when it is administered incorrectly it causes agony that amounts to torture.
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.
A terminal brain tumor spread to her spine, causing such agony that eventually even morphine could not relieve it.
"It's one thing if you live in the city and don't mind causing horrible agony to animals," she writes.
Talking point: Was Jamie Reynold's pained expression due to him being overwhelmed by the huge crowd, or was his broken leg simply causing him agony?
The texts of the secular songs that followed revisited the familiar topic of love's power to cause ecstasy, agony and embarrassment.
