noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a scream of pain/terror/agony
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My screams of terror awoke my parents.
agony aunt
agony column
an agony column British English (= that gives advice to readers about personal problems )
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Romantic relationships are much discussed in all the agony columns.
scream in terror/agony etc
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He screamed in fear and panic, and banged frantically on the door.
writhe in pain/agony etc
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He lay writhing in pain.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
mental
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And when things were going against his men he seemed to be suffering mental agonies .
■ NOUN
aunt
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While writing her agony aunt column, she remained busy as a reporter, interviewing figures including Margaret Thatcher.
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Being agony aunt was tricky and probably quite beyond her.
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I am still friends with my ex-husband who takes it on himself to be my personal agony aunt .
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In fact they would be just as likely to turn to the agony aunt pages of a magazine.
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Then he sat down and typed a letter to every agony aunt he had ever heard of.
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He hated playing agony aunt but he couldn't afford to have Hirschfeldt falling to pieces.
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Claire Rayner is a novelist, broadcaster and agony aunt .
death
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The death agonies of monsters filled the sea with foam.
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What we are witnessing is a further confirmation of the judgment that capitalism is in its death agony .
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And a few streets away, Donald was probably in his death agony .
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Mentally, Mrs Stych felt as if she were writhing in her death agonies .
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The scene of Stalin's death agony was grotesque.
■ VERB
pile
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He had four chances of piling on the agony for the Londoners but could not find a way past keeper Bob Bolder.
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Woosnam piled on the agony with four successive birdies.
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It piled on the agony for Glasgow, who had passed up another chance two minutes before the break.
prolong
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There was no sense in prolonging the agony .
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She played her part to the end, grateful that Ace didn't seem keen on prolonging the agony .
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The last thing she wanted was to prolong the agony .
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Without prolonging the agony for them both any longer she got up and left the room.
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They are now 20 years older and must realise that to remain silent is to prolong the agony for Brian's parents.
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You said you'd wait till I came to you of my own free will; let's not prolong the agony any longer.
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In reality it can only serve to prolong their agony .
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Goodness knows I do not wish to prolong the agony , but I feel some clarity is needed.
scream
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Rincewind's arms screamed their agony at him.
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Pins pierced his body; he screamed , twitching in agony , then slumped to the ground.
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Conroy was restrained by Mr Ali but when police arrived the shopkeeper was screaming in agony .
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Only out of sheer mastery of will did I not scream in agony .
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He screamed in agony and fell to his knees, cradling his broken nose between his bloodied hands.
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Lying there on the floor, cords biting into wrists and ankles, they heard Maureen screaming with terror and agony .
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Rain hissed all around it ... and now Pearce was screaming in agony and distress.
suffer
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Sister Duffy becomes a patient and suffers agonies over the fate of her love-child, little Peter.
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If you have suffered the agony of being laid off you may believe there are no positive benefits to it.
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Few suffer the agony of Johanna Young's parents and find that their worst nightmare has become a reality.
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Without Dana I was suffering the agonies of hell.
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The dead had become offensive and the living were suffering fearful agonies .
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Because it was left untreated, he suffered another year of agony .
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And when things were going against his men he seemed to be suffering mental agonies .
writhe
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Mentally, Mrs Stych felt as if she were writhing in her death agonies .
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Within moments the man had me writhing around in agony as he dug his hands into my feet, ankles and calves.
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Her hands twisted in the coverlet beside her head, and she writhed in an agony of pleasure.
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Police found the pair writhing in agony in the road.
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But soon after she was writhing in agony , her muscles racked with pain.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pile on the pressure/agony
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And Walsh piled on the pressure to get promises of advertising business.
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He had four chances of piling on the agony for the Londoners but could not find a way past keeper Bob Bolder.
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It piled on the agony for Glasgow, who had passed up another chance two minutes before the break.
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Move round him, piling on the pressure from different directions.
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Pressure Gornei piled on the pressure from the start and by the end of the contest Griffin's face was badly swollen.
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Then we really pile on the pressure.
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They piled on the pressure to win handsomely by 30 shots.
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Woosnam piled on the agony with four successive birdies.
prolong the agony
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Goodness knows I do not wish to prolong the agony, but I feel some clarity is needed.
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She played her part to the end, grateful that Ace didn't seem keen on prolonging the agony.
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The last thing she wanted was to prolong the agony.
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There was no sense in prolonging the agony.
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They are now 20 years older and must realise that to remain silent is to prolong the agony for Brian's parents.
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Without prolonging the agony for them both any longer she got up and left the room.
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You said you'd wait till I came to you of my own free will; let's not prolong the agony any longer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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In the book she describes the agony of watching her child die.
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It was agony not knowing where he was.
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With renewed fighting for control of the capital, there seems to be no end to the region's agony .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Greenspun's upscale decor pales as she talks of another time and place full of pain and agony .
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In retrospect, dying of the disease itself would seem infinitely preferable to the agonies of death from mercury poisoning.
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People covered their mouths in agony .
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She's been in agony with a long term back disorder.
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The instant the light hit my pupils, the agony began.
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The pure hell of making a speech is only equalled by the agony of the audience.