Early that Sunday morning, as Americans across the country prepared excitedly to return to houses of worship, Butler, a churchgoer himself, poured his anguish and anger into an email to a few colleagues.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
I have seen your tears, I have heard your frustration and anguish.
‘Real change will happen when there’s an eight-figure problem for agencies’: Confessions of a creative strategist on taking action on diversity issue|Seb Joseph|October 13, 2020|Digiday
So Joe knows the anguish of sitting at a table with an empty chair, which is why he gives his time so freely to grieving parents.
‘He is clearly in over his head’: Read Michelle Obama’s full speech denouncing Donald Trump|kdunn6|August 18, 2020|Fortune
A new report attempts to clarify that distinction, perhaps helping to ease the anguish of family members with a loved one whose brain has died but whose heart still beats.
New guidance on brain death could ease debate over when life ends|Laura Sanders|August 10, 2020|Science News
Nowhere to be found is the anguish, the drama, the pain of an athlete on that level who considering walking away.
The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player|William O’Connor|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But from the anguish of soulless industrial lagers rises the emancipation of artisan brewing.
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After mom cries out in anguish and frustration on hearing the verdict, the ugly side of the protests rears its head.
Michael Brown’s Stepfather Tells Crowd, ‘Burn This Bitch Down’|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But their suffering and anguish is nothing compared to that of their victims.
I Warned You About Bill Cosby in 2007|Mark Ebner|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite these horrors, the anguish of her abuse is magnified when people ask Walters why she never left her husband.
The Worst Question for Abuse Victims|Emily Shire|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The thirteen-year-old brow is puckered with anguish, the child-face pale with dread, tear after tear falls from the innocent eyes.
Stories and Pictures|Isaac Loeb Peretz
"Yes, we will swear it," answered Leonard, who could not conceal the anguish of his anxiety.
The People Of The Mist|H. Rider Haggard
Nor is the tone all anguish, anger finds its place there as well, and this bewilders you still more.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908|Various
Then she looked up at the face quivering with anguish and entreaty, and the sight melted her at once.
Gretchen|Mary J. Holmes
Whatever his anguish or his despondency, none were permitted to share, or even to witness, his emotions.
Leila, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for anguish
anguish
/ (ˈæŋɡwɪʃ) /
noun
extreme pain or misery; mental or physical torture; agony
verb
to afflict or be afflicted with anguish
Word Origin for anguish
C13: from Old French angoisse a strangling, from Latin angustia narrowness, from angustus narrow