All 4 Uses of
agony
in
The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version
- Months of voiceless agony, and then a child born in pain.†
Chpt 3 *
- The ticking of the clock on the mantelpiece seemed to him to be dividing Time into separate atoms of agony, each of which was too terrible to be borne.†
Chpt 14
- There were two cries heard, the cry of a hare in pain, which is dreadful, the cry of a man in agony, which is worse.†
Chpt 18
- The cry was so horrible in its agony that the frightened servants woke, and crept out of their rooms.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain