Both Uses of
agony
in
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Keen, poignant agonies seemed to shoot from his neck downward through every fiber of his body and limbs.†
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- He felt his head emerge; his eyes were blinded by the sunlight; his chest expanded convulsively, and with a supreme and crowning agony his lungs engulfed a great draught of air, which instantly he expelled in a shriek!†
Definition:
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(agony) intense feelings of suffering -- can be from mental or physical pain