He bit back a yell of sheer agony and looked down.

Every step was sheer agony, but he pushed on.

For any girl who was a little bit shy it was sheer agony to go out at all.

And it was sheer, bleached agony to him, to break away from himself.

The dilemma must have been sheer agony, for which ever course he chose, horrible consequences were inevitable.

Ah, but the brine of the sea upon his wounds must have been sheer agony!

I lay stunned and still by the sheer agony that enveloped me.

Why is back pain or a knee injury annoying to one person and sheer agony to another?

The last ten or twelve steps have been sheer agony.

His mind screamed in sheer agony while he struggled to stay conscious.