Sentence examples for genuine agony from inspiring English sources

Ben Brantley, in the Times, noted its "raw and genuine agony".

And although much of the novel is bitterly funny, he also captures the genuine agony of his cuckold.

Or, if you're Heidi Stephens, shriek with genuine agony every time you're reminded about the Albanian entry.

More notable, though, is the genuine agony in Mr. Crowder's voice on "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" — for whatever reason, he's not playing around.

Yet a raw and genuine agony pulses within and finally bursts through this sturdy framework, giving "Ruined" an impact that lingers beyond its well-shaped, sentimental ending.

And I was in genuine agony when I had to wait for about three months before someone kindly loaned me Allegiant.

He saw how genuine her agony was and he told me how vital it was that I respect it.

In the short-term this will cause prices to fall and genuine personal agony, but in the longer-term it will clear away a critical source of uncertainty about housing supply and demand.

The most thoroughly persuasive performance here is that of Mr. Trammell, who makes Thomas Walsingham's impossible love for his friend into a genuine and touching personal agony.

Peru's own agony with the guerrillas of the Shining Path – who turned the genuine grievances of the poor and landless into the vehicle for vicious terrorist attacks – fed into semi-documentary novels such as Death in the Andes (1993).

It was clear that like past beloved agony aunts, she was a woman with a wealth of experience to draw on, a genuine wise woman.