All 3 Uses of
agony
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- She'd have spent the rest of her life on it and died without so much agony, but she was too contrary-
p. 127.3agony = intense suffering
- Fans crackled, feet shuffled, tobacco-chewers were in agony.
p. 139.7
- I've heard that lawyers' children, on seeing their parents in court in the heat of argument, get the wrong idea: they think opposing counsel to be the personal enemies of their parents, they suffer agonies, and are surprised to see them often go out arm-in-arm with their tormenters during the first recess.
p. 195.5 *agonies = intense feelings of suffering
Definition:
intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain