The men had died in the greatest agony, their skin seared and scarred.

The king, too, who had listened in the greatest agony, now breathed again.

The old man howled, cried, moaned, hollowed, screamed and smote his breast in the greatest agony of mind when he came to us.

Indeed, he did this thrice, putting the eunuch to the greatest agony.

The men were but little stronger for their ghoulish repast, for the want of water was by far the greatest agony with which they had to contend.

My greatest agony all these months is the idea of causing grief to my darling, whose friendship is the most sacred thing life has given me.

Wanda frequently referred to their daughter, Sonia (1934-1975), stating that Sonia's death was the greatest agony a mother could bear.

The greatest agony came from my grasping at his statement that "if this turns out well, the Front might consider you for release."

For a long time I had realized that this uncertainty was the greatest agony of all.

He cried out in the greatest mental agony of his life, "She can't be dead!