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- verb Present participle of
anguish .
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Examples
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By his own admission, it was an "anguishing" week for Pat Buchanan.
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At the end of this week's hearings before the Judiciary Committee, he said he was "anguishing" over the decision.
Latest Articles 2010
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When I reflected on this worldwide death-toll late into last year, while Mexico was heading the list, I focused on the anguishing case of El Diario de Juarez, the leading city newspaper on the Mexican side of the cross-border conurbation, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas.
David Tereshchuk: Pakistan Now Worst Killing-Field for Journalists David Tereshchuk 2011
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Behind all the pie charts, there are countless anguishing personal stories of betrayal, abandonment, and financial hardship.
Beverly Willett: The Most Pioneering Divorce Reform Effort In 40 Years Beverly Willett 2011
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When I reflected on this worldwide death-toll late into last year, while Mexico was heading the list, I focused on the anguishing case of El Diario de Juarez, the leading city newspaper on the Mexican side of the cross-border conurbation, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas.
David Tereshchuk: Pakistan Now Worst Killing-Field for Journalists David Tereshchuk 2011
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When I reflected on this worldwide death-toll late into last year, while Mexico was heading the list, I focused on the anguishing case of El Diario de Juarez, the leading city newspaper on the Mexican side of the cross-border conurbation, Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Texas.
David Tereshchuk: Pakistan Now Worst Killing-Field for Journalists David Tereshchuk 2011
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Behind all the pie charts, there are countless anguishing personal stories of betrayal, abandonment, and financial hardship.
Beverly Willett: The Most Pioneering Divorce Reform Effort In 40 Years Beverly Willett 2011
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He found his USAMRIID assignment both anguishing and rewarding.
The Wrong Man 2010
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The anguishing power of these scenes—even stronger now than in the shell-shock of the days just following the attack—comes not only from the sight of those silent, distant figures, arms flailing, jumping from a window 101 floors high, but from the people below who watch, weeping and screaming.
A Dark Day's Enduring Life Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011
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As we reflect and understand our resistance to a healthy diet, we start to develop a wise mind by learning to accept ourselves right here and now rather than anguishing in the idealized disparity of where we are now and where we want to be in the future.
Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.: Mindful Reframing: A Pre-Diet Plan Ph.D. Ronald Alexander 2011
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