cause agony

Frequency: 6.89.8 per million words

To be the reason for someone's great suffering.

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Examples (10)

  • The severe burns caused him excruciating agony.
  • Her constant criticism caused him mental agony.
  • Revealing the truth would cause his family untold agony.
  • The poorly designed chair causes me agony if I sit in it for too long.
  • Watching his business fail caused the old man pure agony.
  • The uncertainty of his fate caused his loved ones immense agony.
  • This debilitating illness is known to cause extreme physical agony.
  • Why would you intentionally cause someone such agony?
  • The poison works slowly, causing its victim a prolonged agony before death.
  • His betrayal caused her an agony deeper than any physical pain.