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Definition
intense feelings of suffering — can be from mental or physical pain
- The agony of those contorted limbs struck me with a spasm of pain and blurred my eyes with tears.Chapter 12 — Death on the Moor (72% in)
- With a last howl of agony and a vicious snap in the air, it rolled upon its back, four feet pawing furiously, and then fell limp upon its side.Chapter 14 — The Hound of the Baskervilles (46% in)
There are no more uses of "agony" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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