Lloyd Alexander

In whatever guise - our own daily nightmares of war, intolerance, inhumanity or the struggles of an Assistant Pig-Keeper against the Lord of Death - the problems are agonizingly familiar. And an openness to compassion, love, and mercy is as essential to us here and now as it is to any inhabitant of an imaginary kingdom.

American Writer

Fabrizio Moreira

Every entrepreneur knows how agonizingly difficult it is to make the decision to give it your all, knowing that failure is inevitable; the successful ones know that the only way to get back up is through learning from that failure.

Ecuadorian Politician

Jonathan Raban

Because Washington state now votes by mail, elections here tend to play out, at an agonizingly slow speed, over many days and, sometimes, weeks.

British Author

Jared Polis

I remember well my first 300 baud modem, which dialed up and scrolled text at an agonizingly slow speed.

American Politician

Chris Murphy

Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.

Use 'agonizingly' to emphasize extreme suffering or discomfort.

Intensity Enhancer

'Agonizingly' conveys strong emotions and can intensify a situation's urgency.

Emotive Language

Describes situations where time feels extended due to distress.

Time Perception

Shows irritation due to slow progress or delays.

Frustration Expression

Captures the feeling when eagerly awaiting something that's delayed.

Anticipation Buildup

Signals impatience with how long something is taking.

Expressing Impatience

 that you so often see in textbooks, we go out and we take a picture of it. So now we have the real deal. How long will it take it to fill it up? And then even better is we take a video, a video of someone filling it up. And it's filling up slowly, agonizingly slowly.

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 long will it take it to fill it up and then even better is we take a video a video of someone filling it up and it's filling up slowly agonizingly slowly it's tedious students are looking at their watches rolling their eyes and they're all wondering at some point or

 take it on the agonizingly difficult and dangerous journey back home my job is to find out how the blue stones got to Stonehenge and what magic they brought with them so I've come to Wales