"agony" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

agony sustantivo

sustantivo + agony
Kolokacji: 3
death agony • agony of fear • spice agony
agony + verbo
Kolokacji: 5
agony comes • agony begins • agony subsides • agony tears • agony lances
verbo + agony
Kolokacji: 7
scream in agony • suffer agonies • writhe in agony • die in agony • cause agony • ...
adjetivo + agony
Kolokacji: 49
mortal agony • mental agony • terrible agony • great agony • final agony • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(1) mortal, silent, mute
Kolokacji: 3
(4) great, greatest
Kolokacji: 2
(6) pure, utter
Kolokacji: 2
(8) sudden, slow
Kolokacji: 2
1. long agony = długa męka long agony
2. prolonged agony = przedłużająca się męka prolonged agony
3. eternal agony = męka przedwiecznego Boga eternal agony
4. endless agony = niekończąca się męka endless agony
5. protracted agony = przedłużająca się męka protracted agony
  • The first act of this new coalition was to set a term to the country's protracted economic agony, a promise of return to prosperity and hope.
  • Part of the protracted agony involved in creating the show (reams of material for which never got used) arose from an aversion to coming across as heavy-handed.
  • "It's ... just flatulence," Lucinda apologized in consternation as though in denial she was reacting against her protracted agony.
  • Death swiftly at your hand or some protracted agony of drowning, which would the poor man have preferred?
  • Do we want to establish a precedent for the future harassment of presidents and to tie up our government with a protracted national agony of search and accusation?
  • Couples would no longer be required to seek a legal separation of up to one year before filing for divorce, "a protracted agony," he said in a telephone interview.
  • Some were for immediate murder, others like the thought of the more protracted agony of the guillotine, but all wanted this man's death.
  • He had an end to his protracted agony.
  • The only question then is in what manner you will cease to live--whether in protracted agony or, instead, easily, when with one quick gulp of water..." "Enough!
  • It has been said that the disaster, "for sheer protracted agony, has no parallel in climbing annals."
6. constant agony = stała męka constant agony
(11) private, inner
Kolokacji: 2
(13) fresh, sweet, delicious
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + agony
Kolokacji: 5
in agony • of agony • with agony • to the agony • into agony

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