| 单词 | agonize |
| 例句 | The movement causes fresh blood to stain his bandages and an agonized sound to come from his mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm couldn’t tell which of the nuns it was, but then it was joined by another face, and the window swung open, into the dark and the cries of agonized laughter. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It took Nin a few agonizing seconds to look up, but when she did, her muddy eyes couldn’t seem to focus. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Since I have failed to keep him safe in life, I must find him, kill him now before the Capitol gets to choose the agonizing means of his death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was distracted by the whimpering and thumping of the agonized creature behind them and glanced back at it yet again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He knew what it was like: the terrible, agonizing pain which was there all the while but could not be suffered yet, because before all else it was necessary to be able to breathe. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The days passed with agonizing slowness, followed by nights of misery. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z With each agonizing wave, he bit at his lip and whimpered, trying not to cry out. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Something must have broken through the skin, Moss realized, and as he watched Kaisha agonize over her partner, his rage rushed over him, suddenly and completely. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She agonized a bit over the hijab, its being green and not matching the dress, but it would have to do—moths had eaten holes into her white one. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Pong thought about the poor people he'd seen agonizing over buying Violet orbs at the Light Market. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And at the perimeter of this boneyard lies one much larger skeleton: that of the moose he shot, and subsequently agonized over. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But I want to leave you with one thing to think about: Instead of agonizing about the things you can’t change, why don’t you try working on the things you CAN change? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer of 1918—Breath of hope that sweeps over the scorched fields, raging fever of impatience, of disappointment, of the most agonizing terror of death, insensate question: Why? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z After Briony had disappeared into the house with his letter, he kept on walking, agonizing about turning back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z "Well, if you can feign love or compassion half so well as you can feign an agonizing death, you'll be as famous as Burbage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Never,” the Fire Department reported, “was so terrible a tragedy witnessed by such a sea of agonized faces.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As Kira agonized, her hands pushed their way into the deep pockets of her woven shift. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so agonizing, I thought, seriously, that my heart would stop. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He will die a painful, agonizing death, and I pray that I will play a part in it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was impossible to escape the terrible sound, even after Thomas finally talked the Med-jacks into letting him go—weary, sore, bandaged, but tired of the piercing, agonized wails of their leader. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Just the daintiest stick there would kill him and solve so many serious, agonizing problems for them both. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z For eleven days he suffered a high fever, agonizing sweats, and abdominal pain. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The smoke was agonizing and there were no rounds, no bells at three minute intervals to relieve our exhaustion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z An hour passed in agonizing slowness as Doha sat with Minki’s family. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z After agonizing over it, Wes decided to go with Levy to his final Job Corps interview. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z After an agonizing interval, Woolf cantered Seabiscuit back to the top of the homestretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes pass, the track rhythm sounding less waltz than clock, ticking out agonizing seconds of silence. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Two bats required stitches on torn wings and, though they made a great effort to remain still while Solovet slid the needle in and out of their skin, the process was clearly agonizing for them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For the first time in my gymnastics career, I was facing an agonizing decision—high school with my friends, or homeschool at the gym? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But the Permian drive sputtered and it was time for Wyles to agonize his way through another field goal, this one from the 30 instead of the 31. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Not as loud or as powerful as I was used to, and not even close to as bad as it had been last time, but still there, still agonizing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z While Johnson wrestled with another agonizing decision, a copy of the troop request came across Ellsberg’s desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Still, in the silence of the night, when the city lost its stage-set normality and operetta peace, she was besieged by the agonizing thoughts she had repressed during the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His rheumatism must have been bothering him because he was slightly hunched over and was keeping an eye on Mr. van Daan with an agonized expression on his face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When I look in the mirror, I agonize about my skin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z As Toomer turned to leave the store, Red began following him, imitating his broken walk and his agonized, wavering speech. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing I found so agonizing in prison as the thought that Winnie was in prison too. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So while everybody else was writing whatever the day’s journal was supposed to be, I was agonizing over the details of this math problem. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I stalked downstairs to the kitchen and laid out three different snack cakes, agonizing over which one would provide the best musical energy boost. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed so agonized that Bigger wondered why the men did not give him his belongings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z There will never be anything but cold and fear and the agonized sounds of the boy dying in the horn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All are repentant, all are preparing themselves for the shock of the laying of the ashes on the forehead and the priest’s agonizing words, “Thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He braced for the vicious stab, for the agonizing pain, for the end. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, with agonizing slowness, I felt the same PSF move behind me again, brushing my shoulder and arm with his own as he gently deposited the boot back on the table in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He agonized over the earthquake his theory would cause. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear glued me to the spot for long, agonizing seconds, then instinct made me jump aside at the last moment. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z While he agonizes over song choice, I watch the K-pop videos playing on the television. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The Voyager message is traveling with agonizing slowness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Just remember: Instead of agonizing about the things you can’t change... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was afraid I’d deliberate, ruminate, agonize, rationalize, and talk myself into not going. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z An even more agonizing pain spread down my back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The engines rose to a deafening, agonized, ululating bellow each time McWatt changed direction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Then, dropping the wallet on Juanita’s lap, I closed my eyes and fought past the raw, agonizing emotions that threatened to overwhelm me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He agonizes, and ponders, and talks to himself until he’s stabbed by a poisoned blade, and all his tormented self-analysis gives way to eternal silence. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z There was a loud crash as a new section of the tent imploded, another long, agonized scream. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z For years afterward, she would sometimes wake in the night, heart thumping, thinking she’d heard that agonized cry again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the wait was agonizing, and she rushed back to the hospital. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The extensive publicity about Garfield's slow, agonizing death shined the light on the role of microbes in human health. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The girl just stared at him for an agonizing few seconds, a thousand thoughts going through her head, by the looks of it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was by nature a decisive man, and although this was one of the great decisions of his life and he knew it, he made it quickly and did not agonize over it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I agonized over the invitation, but finally Grandma made it easy for me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Time slowed to an agonizing crawl; he felt as if the next day might never come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But still never more than an agonizing few would stand up when I invited, “Will those stand who want to follow The Honorable Elijah Muhammad? ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z From the baskets rose the agonized screams of men. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z For an agonizing second or two, Shin had to drag the man who had inspired his desire to escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She stared at my agonized smile, and her little daughter stopped crying when she saw Otto, her eyes widening in fascination. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Digger, and I used to shoot tin cans, so there was a lot of time for me to agonize over this. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z He squatted down on his heels, and found that with agonizing pains in thigh and calf he could just lift himself to a standing position. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The sight and sound of water became a torment; Fitzsimmons habitually avoided areas of the barn where horses were being washed because the spectacle of flowing water was agonizing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The exhausted horses returned to be unsaddled, and the fans sat in agonized anticipation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tonight. Isn’t it great? You won’t have to agonize through another whole day.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z What followed was an agonizing week of waiting for Evan to call me back to say that, yes, he was going to prom with me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He never agonized over his actions and he was never suspicious of people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z His body revolted at what his instinct had made him do, and the result was a dry, sour, agonizing spell of kneeling and vomiting until his stomach and his heart were empty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Haunted by the need to pay back the money he had loaned her, she agonized about how to meet her expenses. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For the rest of the play, Hamlet agonizes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Then, horribly clear across the darkening, empty combe, there came the agonizing squeal of a stricken rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A smart crackle of blows, a few agonized howls, and silence and order descended suddenly on the room. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Jesus Christ,” his soul agonized, “why don’t I just give ’em the tree, say Merry Christmas and let ’em go. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried out as though from the pain of my side, and Alice came to ease me into a less agonizing position. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I know it's a girl now, I can tell by the pleading, the agonized scream that follows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z After months of everything going too fast, time slows to an agonizing crawl. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After an agonizing hour of doctors poking and prodding, eight men carried Garfield on the mattress through the train station to the exit. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In this agonizing fashion I climbed toward a cluster of tents reputed to be perched somewhere on the sheer face above, progressing in increments calibrated in inches. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Clarke heaved such agonized sighs, she nearly blew out the flame. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The wait was agonizing, but eventually the Berg found its home. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z One last agonized glance backward as he flung it open showed him a lean, gliding shape on the top of a wall, silhouetted against the stars. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The Orangeburg massacre did not generate the same national outrage and agonizing self-examination as would the killings of four white students at Kent State University two years later. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Montag gave one last agonized shout as if this were too much for any man. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The memory of Day bound to his chair, agonizing over his wounded leg, makes me both angry and confused. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She looked haggard and pale; the last of the Gallivespian venom still remained in her body, causing agonizing pains in her joints, but she was not going to show him that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z My head throbbed in time with my heartbeat as I knelt down in front of her, and for several agonizing seconds, it was all that I could hear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As she reached the door, there was another and more agonized scream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pollard’s injuries, involving fragmented bones that ground together each time he moved, were agonizing, and medicine offered few practical solutions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Isn’t that why parents agonize over the right neighborhood, the right school, the right circle of friends? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They limped about in crippled, teetering circles; on their backs they frantically scriggled paraplegic legs; on their sides, twisted into grotesque agonized shapes, they arched and jerked and quivered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then new arrivals would come in, only to add to the numbers of doomed birds seen on the campus in the agonized tremors that precede death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It split the temple’s quiet, long and agonizing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The agonizing slowness was harder to endure than no motion at all. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As Ben agonized over a blank memory, Mr. Loring busied himself by walking around the room removing scraps of paper that were wadded and thrown under each desk in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s agonizing, but eventually it’s over, and he doesn’t die, which is something. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Was not his old hate a better defense than this agonized uncertainty? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He agonized about leaving our office, although he was less conflicted about leaving Alabama. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And there’s no room left to agonize over it, nothing left to do but say the thing he’s known all along. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But then I heard Mrs. Galley’s voice saying, “Instead of agonizing about the things you can’t change, why don’t you try working on the things you can change?” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For an agonizing moment, Harry hung in midair, not daring to speed toward Malfoy in case he looked up and saw the Snitch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Agonizing second followed agonizing second as the officer seemed to ponder what to do with me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Dimple raised an eyebrow and looked at Ashish, who looked back at her with an agonized expression on his face that pretty much yelled HELP. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It reached for her, agonized mouths blossoming along its long arm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z There was a crash and a yell, followed by the shocked screams of agonized rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Skullface had time for just one agonized scream before he fell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For the first time, I can sense how fully agonizing staying will be. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh my God, I’m sorry—I’m so sorry—I—” Liam sounded agonized, like his guts were being torn straight out of him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The delirious man with the fever and the crushed toes sank to the floor and wept in pain while other men tripped over him and hurt him more in their blind, milling, agonized stampede. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She might have been trying to banish agonized thoughts of her previous tail gunner, who’d also been killed, less than a year ago. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She had agonized about what to wear, tried on and discarded nine outfits before she decided on a teal dress that made her waist look small. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Even in the grip of agonizing pain or complete debilitation, most jockeys clung to their illusion of invulnerability. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a line of two cars in front of us, each waved forward with agonizing slowness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Now, after years of agonizing frustration, Fitin could boast of having a physicist not just inside the Manhattan Project, but inside Los Alamos itself. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Fog swirled around them with a sound like agonized wailing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As he walked the streets of Japan’s capital, Mishima could feel the agonizing suspense in the air; he could see it in passing faces. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to be agonizing over a decision. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The icy sword of the square-toed one had cut off his breath and left his hands in a pose of agonizing protest. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Moss realized that it must have been agonizing in those hot suits, but he had no time to feel any sympathy for this man. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The viselike pressure of countless tons of water above compressed me from every direction, and my lungs were full of agonizing fire. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Tall swathes of creepers rose for a moment into view, agonized, and went down again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I feel an agonizing twist in my heart. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z There was a single moment of agonizing silence before the once-dead store lights surged into brightness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Rufus had fits of coughing now and then, and that seemed to be agonizing to him because of his ribs. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Ten times in the ensuing week, he cried, “Robbie stays,—and that’s final!” and each time it was weaker and accompanied by a louder and more agonized groan. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Balanced on a high peak of need, agonized by indecision, Ralph cried out: "Oh God, oh God!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Min Soo agonized over the choice of the personal name, what Americans called the first name. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The agonized groan that came from the bed told Powell that he had finally hit his target. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Balked for the second time, the passion of his grief had found another outlet, was transformed into a passion of agonized rage. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias screamed aloud in agonized terror as the King’s beak buried itself into his shoulder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Both mice could feel the hairs standing on their backs as the door opened with agonizing slowness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He lifted his glorious, agonized eyes to mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Twenty-eight is four yuppyish types, meaning everything on the side and agonizing instructions as to the chicken Caesars. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about? That is what you’ve been agonizing over?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z After weeks of waiting, agonizing and steaming, the Greeks and Romans wanted blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now he was in Tartarus, dying from gorgon’s blood plus a dozen other agonizing curses, while he watched his girlfriend stumble around, helpless and blind and believing he’d abandoned her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It’s agonizing, the not knowing, the slowness with which everything is bound to move. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After several agonizing moments of screen snow, the monitors jumped and settled. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z All night, Taisin had agonized over this, initially not wanting to admit it to herself. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z After several agonizing minutes, the chair was turned off but Mr. Dunkins was still alive, unconscious but breathing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They took an agonizing walk to the main office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Ekon fell to his knees, his back arching as pain pulsed through him in agonizing waves, like a thousand knives pricking every inch of his skin at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Nathan remembered the man’s agonizing scream and how his body writhed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then with an agonizing patience that might span anywhere from a few months to a year, our ex-junkie Muslims would conduct the addicts through the Muslim six-point therapeutic process. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir, I’m trying, I’m trying!” said Harry desperately, but he did not think that Dumbledore could hear him; he had rolled onto his side and was drawing great, rattling breaths that sounded agonizing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They both start to transform and it’s agonizing. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z And it makes perfect but agonizing sense why the guy is sitting with Lydia and he’s not. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z After an agonizing wait, I realize I’m not going to find one. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The letter says: My dearest Caroline, I’ve agonized over the way I left you, but I couldn’t bear the thought of saying good-bye. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He visualized its probable progress with agonizing clearness-that one would start slowly, drop from ledge to ledge, trundle across the neck like an outsize steam roller. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The red arm swept the screen with agonizing lethargy, and then...flash! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Between agonized gasps and groans she muttered that her stomach felt as if it were burning up. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Making decisions was the painful part for me, the part I agonized over. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I sat there through the final period of the day, not even agonizing over what “I’ll deal with you later” might mean. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z If running hurt, climbing is agonizing because it requires not only exertion but direct contact of my hands on the tree bark. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My brain processed his features one by one, in agonizing slowness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I realize that for every good message, there will always be one that will agonize me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It did no good to waste time agonizing over the outcome. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They spent an agonizing two months apart, writing each other letters to stay in touch. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Cluny released the ferret and lay back with an agonized sigh. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She remembered his agonized cry, “I’m a dead man!” and his childlike plea to his mother to forgive him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She clutches her hand, performing an agonized dance while I blink, fighting to stay awake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z My brother had privately agonized over whether to go or not—titillated by the opportunity but knowing it was sneaky and dishonorable, the sort of behavior my parents would never condone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So Desdemona agonized, unable to sleep at night as the new baby grew inside her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z In my mind’s eye I would see sparks of flame, flashes of scenes I had witnessed, and the agonizing voices of children and women would come alive in my head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The crowd is murmuring in agreement, a few have even given agonized cries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Additional copies have been filed elsewhere for posterity and safekeeping, as the desk copies often meet such gruesome fates while Chandresh agonizes over every word. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And even that rope had frayed and been reknotted in precisely the same spot, and she knew it intimately, having been tied up in that very sledge for several agonizing hours. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The work at home was exhausting, and for Anthony taking a break from her reform work was agonizing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There are several agonizing seconds of Daddy and King staring each other down. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “You know,” I said, “I have been agonizing over that choice all morning.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew she was agonizing over the consequences of my frivolity. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too much to think about now, too much to consider and agonize over in a logical way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Mom said when she and Dad visited him, Poppy would be hurting so much he could hardly talk, and Dad would agonize over it for days afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So he kept the men and sleds and boats close together, relaying forward one agonizing quarter mile at a time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He said we’d all die painful, agonizing deaths and that then they’d come back and take over this town and rename it Hells Angels Town.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Writing was an intensely physical act for him that often made him feel like dying; the agonizing labor over his sentences was the most overwhelming compulsion he knew. Charles Bowden: Tom Zoellner and Luis Urrea pay tribute 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z As Hagen, the production’s linchpin, the bass Mika Kares, a newcomer to the cast, was most memorable: aggressive and doleful, stony and agonized, shambling around the set like the overgrown child he is. At Bayreuth, the Work on Wagner’s Operas Is Never Done 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z For all those years “Deadwood” floated in that rare limbo for a TV series that hasn’t been specifically announced as dead-for-a-ducat-dead, a place that leaves fans in the agonizing and pleasurable space of hope. "Deadwood: The Movie" is a send-off worth the long wait 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z The sheer extremity of these scenes — and their agonizing duration — risks turning off the audience even as they are asked to connect the filmmakers’ oblique conceptual dots. ‘Space Dogs’ Review: No Dogs Go to Heaven 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Evan, played with endearing awkwardness by Ben Platt, star of the “Pitch Perfect” movies, faces a new school year with agonized trepidation. Review: In ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ Teenage Angst Grows Complicated 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z All in all, despite some interesting characters and thoughts on social issues, “Surrender, New York” became for this reader an agonizing ordeal. Caleb Carr’s ‘Surrender, New York’ echoes ‘The Alienist’ in theme if not setting 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z Theaters should install glow-in-the-dark versions of those old clunking classroom clocks so viewers can count the agonizing minutes ticking by as they watch the movie. Review: 'Won't Back Down' fails to make the grade 2012-09-26T13:54:09Z Kronick even told PolitiFact that his finding was “not the answer I wanted” and, as a result, he agonized over whether to publish it or not. Families USA's Bogus Claim That Overturning Obamacare Will Kill People 2012-06-22T12:50:03Z At one point a performer appeared to give agonizing birth to a reptilian, or possibly mechanical, creature as the water in the long onstage pool turned blood-red. A Splashy, Messy All-Naked Revue 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z But in 1879, on a book tour through Europe, he craved the simplest foods from home, with agonizing specificity. The Story of America, Told Through Mark Twain’s Favorite Foods 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z The boy rushes agonized into the starry night, where an alien spaceship Hoovers him up for a life in outer space. REVIEW: Marvel's 'Guardians of the Galaxy': The Expendables In Outer Space 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Either way, it’s a heartbreaking pieta, communicating in one agonizing image how, in the 1970s, the British school system systematically failed an entire postwar generation, especially children of African and Caribbean descent. Perspective | The unbreakable gaze of Steve McQueen: ‘I’m asking you, please, look’ 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z I need you to pick one,” followed by predictably agonized expressions on the kids’ faces. Stop sharing this “Other Christmas Gift” video: There’s nothing “uplifting” about telling low-income kids to give up their Christmas presents 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z With just a few rehearsals left till his tour kicks off Thursday in West Palm Beach, Fla., Chesney was agonizing over every detail. Touring juggernaut Chesney on the road again 2011-03-16T10:54:08Z I have extra ankle bones in each foot, and high heels were agonizing. Linda Ronstadt Has Found Another Voice 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z Every day I lied and then agonized over it. A Brief History of Death 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z With over 100 wineries in the county, deciding which to visit can be agonizing. 36 Hours in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z The latter song was all-consuming and immersive, courtesy of relentless, dizzying spotlights and disorienting video, as well as Reeves Gabrels’ squealing, agonizing guitars; the arena felt like it was levitating from the song’s power. How The Cure endures: This is how a band turns 40 with style 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z That juggling act continues in Season 5, as Jimmy and Gretchen’s fraught, sometimes agonizing progress toward adult responsibility is balanced by the more farcical subplots involving their small and motley collection of friends. Review: ‘You’re the Worst’ Heads Toward Happily Ever After. Maybe. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The women are noble but ruthless when needed; the Witcher is a big silent softy who agonizes over the monsters he dispatches. Review: Netflix Sends ‘The Witcher’ Into the Fantasy Fray 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z “As an Orthodox Christian,” he added, “I feel there really isn’t a lot of agonizing to be done. I couldn’t write a story about right and wrong.” Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z This season of "The White Lotus" makes it very easy to be taken in, and the checkout may even be sweetly agonizing. "The White Lotus" returns with an Italian dream of a second season that's molto bene 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z There, he judges “The Waste Land” “a most distressingly moving account of Eliot’s own agonized state of mind during the years which preceded his nervous breakdown.” 1922: The Year That Transformed English Literature 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Fashion-minded men, the same ones who were agonizing over soft shoulders and double monks, are at their least tailored in a decade. Drake’s Will Make You Want to Dress Up 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z But “Amour,” despite its agonizing subject, holds you willingly throughout. Movie Review: Michael Haneke’s ‘Amour,’ With Jean-Louis Trintignant 2012-12-18T22:53:50Z I’m not going to pretend the acting regularly wrenched me into agonized empathy. Theater Review: ‘King Lear’ in an Enchanted Setting Along the Hudson River 2013-08-18T21:51:45Z The writing feels specific and universal, mirthful and agonizing. Review: ‘Five Times in One Night,’ at Ensemble Studio Theater 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Ms. Collins wrote in longhand on white printer paper or yellow legal pads, her output suggesting that she did not agonize over each noun and verb. Jackie Collins, Novelist Who Wrote of Hollywood’s Glamorous Side, Dies at 77 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z It was the most difficult, most agonizing decision either my wife or I had ever made. My Valentine’s Day miracle 2013-02-15T00:15:00Z “It’s a little agonizing,” said Willing Davidson, associate fiction editor at The New Yorker. The New Yorker Picks Young Writers Worth Watching 2010-06-02T21:52:00Z Scenes of Baker trying to play in an empty bathtub after the beating, blood streaming from the sides of his mouth, are agonizing to watch. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Simpson, dropping the Big Bird act, delivers a touching monologue about his agonized guilt at not being a comfort to his dying father. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z The gloomy soliloquy that follows, in which Hamlet calls the world a “foul and pestilent congregation of vapors,” seems more a youthful pose than an agonized cry. Theater Review: Michael Benz in ‘Hamlet’ at the Schimmel Center 2012-10-03T21:57:28Z In one episode, she flees a spa after seven agonizing minutes. Anna Chlumsky of ‘Veep’ Sniffs Around Bleecker Street for Gifts 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z “Broadchurch” builds suspense with deliberate, often agonizing pacing and then explodes in dizzying bursts of action. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ and ‘Penn & Teller’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Chris agonizes over whether to show affection, physical or emotional, to Lou in front of his father, and generally chooses not to. Review: ‘Bride & Prejudice’ Shows Three Engaged Couples Facing Family Opposition 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The overture seemed to last forever, he recalls: “Has there ever been such an agonizing wait for an executioner’s blow?” The Improbable Insanity of “Cats” 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Cattelan is known as both a public jester and an intensely private figure, and he said that the decision to retire at 51 was agonizing. Duchamp, Eat Your Heart Out: The Guggenheim Is Installing a Gold Toilet 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Its full, agonizing glory is, however, up now on Gawker.TV. 2010-01-15T12:16:00Z Producers agonized over whether the show would reflect the author’s singular experience or embrace a more contemporary New York sensibility. Musicians on How ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Conducts Itself 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z But then I started to agonize: where was the thrill in this contest if I was the only contestant? Modern Love: Competing in My Own Reality Show 2010-06-11T16:32:00Z As Amazon investigates the complaints, the series is suspended in an agonizing limbo. For ‘Transparent,’ Accusations Against Jeffrey Tambor Burst an Idealistic Bubble 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z However, as long as his primary goal is to avoid looking bad, he will sulk and agonize as puppet strings to get the behavior he wants from you. Carolyn Hax: Intimate relationships can’t be all about one partner’s satisfaction 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The diver turns, and the two look at each other face to face, for one long, agonizing moment. Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Othello's brutality is sharply depicted, but Desdemona's agonizing death creaks with an old-fashioned staginess. Old Globe's 'Othello' lays on the melodrama, but it works 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z He’s in agonizing physical pain from his last case. A bookshelf of new Nordic noir 2013-02-07T00:10:27Z Whether you call it a renaissance or an emergency, the agonizing subject of race in non-post-racial America continues to turn out superior plays by black playwrights. Best Theater of 2019 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “It was like somebody was beating me like a piñata, and I was shivering so much that . . . I chipped my tooth,” he said, describing one agonizing night with the illness. Perspective | The Cuomo brothers put on quite a show. Should the journalism-ethics police shut it down? 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z Nora is still traumatized by her husband’s agonizing illness and death, shockingly mismanaged by the local doctor. Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself Naturally this makes Emma’s posthumous discovery about her mother particularly agonizing. Love and loss in L.A.'s Eastside: Just by existing, Tanya Saracho's "Vida" is a political act 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s a somber, agonizing vigil for the Houston and Brown families. Bobbi Kristina Brown's Family Keep Bedside Vigil 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z His face was an agonized rictus of horror. Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is) 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z For those of us not familiar with the principals, one agonizing question is who survived. When America acted up against AIDS 2012-09-30T14:01:00Z Along with the scene’s monstrous substance, Losey draws out its aftermath with an agonizing attentiveness to the specificity of time. “Mr. Klein,” a Political Mystery of Mistaken Identity in Occupied Paris 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z She would eat only minuscule bites of certain foods prepared in a certain way by her agonized parents, who watched as it took their daughter hours to finish a plate of three or four gnocchi. Before Greta Thunberg was a global icon, she was a tormented child who refused to eat or speak 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Paintings made late in the war suggest the devastation of conflict in a private language of haunted landscapes, and agonized individuals lost in tormented reveries. Yasuo Kuniyoshi retrospective a testament to artist’s vision 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z The first half of this book is an agonizing slog. Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z Thinking back on Forest Gump, which he said would probably be his most remembered role, he recalled a day agonizing with director Robert Zemeckis over long blocks of dialogue. Tom Hanks at the Tribeca film festival: 'Success is gossamer, it's luck' 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z And, through acoustic means and groaning subwoofers alike, they have put the agonized characters nearly inside your bloodstream. Review: ‘Hamlet’ Boldly Engulfs the Metropolitan Opera 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z In a remarkable note on his sources, Mr. Lewis reveals that for years he watched Dr. Kahneman agonize over his 2011 book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” which became both a critical and a fan favorite. Review: Michael Lewis on Two Well Matched (but Finally Mismatched) Men 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Instead he agonized about whether he was doing enough to serve God. In private diaries, Pope John Paul asked: Am I serving God? 2014-02-05T15:23:29Z In the late 1950s, he began agonizing over his biggest commission to date: a series of murals for the new Four Seasons restaurant in the Seagram Building in Manhattan. Mark Rothko and Selling Out in the Art World 2010-03-26T20:43:00Z It takes her, perhaps, a split second to recognize him — a period of time that seems short but was as agonizing as any I’ve experienced in a theater. Review: In ‘L’Orfeo,’ Free Spirit and Brave Soul Unite 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z The pockets of silence were such that at one point, Mr. Sorey seemed to agonize over each cymbal stroke, grimacing. Music Review: Tyshawn Sorey’s Wu Wei Quintet at Greenwich House 2013-04-18T22:47:19Z Season 2 finds her in an increasingly troubled mental state, as she agonizes over her inability to protect her children, including James, who was separated from her. Review | Want to know what revolution looks like? Watch ‘Underground.’ 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z For Shira, this is an especially agonizing question because it forces her to weigh the claims of family loyalty, religious duty and her own desires. Movie Review: ‘Fill the Void,’ Directed by Rama Burshtein 2013-05-23T21:43:35Z Re: Confused: I remember agonizing over ending my engagement. Carolyn Hax: How do you know when to unplug from a fiance? 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z He then agonized over a cold sore, and not looking his best. A Pandemic Romance Worth the Wait, and the ‘Schlep’ 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Just months into the marriage, though, tragedy again struck: A disastrous pregnancy led to agonizing illness, killing her when she, like her mother, was just 38. Unrequited love fuels the 'Fiery Heart' biography of Charlotte Brontë 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z And Noah Wolfe’s Henrik is so floridly agonized that it’s hard to see how his profoundness may yet be appealing. Review: In a Rueful ‘Night Music,’ the Clowns Are Finally Here 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Yet she found the film so “suffused with agonized male guilt” that she would never see it again. Leos Carax on ‘Annette’ and the Cinema of Doubt 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z When I read him a cliché in the English translation of the new novel, about a woman “playing them like a violin,” Mr. Lagercrantz looked agonized. In Stieg Larsson’s Head, but Anxious to Be His Own Man 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Heard in that light, the work’s agonized gestures, halting pace and tense silences denoted courage and ineffable dignity. Music Review: Talea Ensemble at the Tenri Cultural Institute 2012-03-11T22:02:12Z Owens agonizes magnificently in Hercules' death scene, a gripping tableau that makes up for the character's limited presence before then. 'Hercules': Lyric Opera season closes on spectacular note 2011-03-06T18:37:00Z It also distracted Ms. Toll from agonizing over her missing brother and father. ‘Art From the Holocaust’: The Beauty and Brutality in Forbidden Works 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z In most airborne dramas, from The High and the Mighty to the recent Flight, an emergency like this would cue machismo from the pilots and agonizing among the passengers. I’m So Excited!: Almodóvar’s Bumpy Flight 2013-06-27T18:36:06Z He’s suffering from an enigmatic, agonizing malady that affects different parts of his body though mostly his hands, which at times violently tremble, a problem given that a crop is a tool of his trade. ‘Jockey’ Review: Hit Hard and Still Riding 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Leaving the wine until the very end eliminates the agonizing. Thanksgiving Wines: A Last-Minute Checklist 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z An unnamed husband and wife agonize over what to do. This Is Parenthood — and Not Just the Charming, Photogenic Parts 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z But then it begins to seem possible that despair itself has been forgotten—that the islanders can’t agonize over the end that’s coming because the idea of endings has also disappeared. How “The Memory Police” Makes You See 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z And they were certainly getting a juicy romance, complete with agonized paramours, abandonment and rage. Tellings of Armida?s Story, Including Gluck?s at Juilliard 2012-02-03T15:51:38Z Both religious leaders respond to Perry with academic formality, but Franzen hears the agonizing paradox in his question. Review | Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads’ represents a marked evolution in a dazzling career 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z In 2012, as Andrew Kaczynski reported on CNN.com, “Williamson said she ‘agonized’ as a mother over the decision to vaccinate her children and that she could see ‘both sides’ of the issue.” Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z In an agonizing section of the documentary, she talks about going through puberty, developing breasts and being seen, at 13 and 14 years old, only for bimbo-esque roles. ‘Kid 90’ and the Days When Even Wild TV Teens Had Privacy 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Confederate monuments are being taken down across the United States, sometimes with fanfare, sometimes in the dead of night, sometimes with agonizing bloodshed. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z After this, it’s an agonizing and unnecessary waiting game, as the jury shuffles from one claustrophobic room to another. 'Broadchurch' Recap: Properly Angry 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z She wrote about the lack of flexibility and workplace respect, about unequal treatment and pay, and the agonizing career decisions that often follow. Perspective | Amid misogyny and alleged abuse, it’s a constant struggle for women in network TV 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z This climaxes to a smoldering evil made more sinister by white men picnicking with guests and waltzing to a Black man's agonized wails as he's subjected to unimaginable anguish. "The Underground Railroad" is a relentlessly tough, yet gorgeously rendered television masterpiece 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In the course of her return trips to Bucktown, and despite her efforts to bring members of her family to freedom in the North, she endures agonizing separations. The Stunning Achievement of Kasi Lemmons’s “Harriet” 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z But agonize is apparently what the Facebook Oversight Board did, according to the weak-kneed decision the company’s quasi-independent watchdog announced Wednesday morning, after weeks spent mulling whether Trump’s punishment was appropriate. Perspective | Facebook’s oversight board whiffed. Trump deserves a permanent exile. 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The last minute is not the time to agonize over finding specific recommendations, esoteric selections or finely calibrated food-and-wine combinations. Last-Minute Buys for Thanksgiving Wines 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Transgressive erotic impulses run every which way here, and no one agonizes about pursuing them — well, not for more than a minute. | 'Burning' : Thomas Bradshaw?s ?Burning? at Acorn Theater - Review 2011-11-15T03:18:36Z But for many restaurateurs, this is less agonizing than investing money and time in a space and then having to walk away because the rent has quadrupled. Who’s Setting Up Shop in Hotels? Big-Name Chefs 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z He returns to find Megan gone, spends an agonizing night waiting for her and then drives back to Manhattan, where she’s been all the time, bolted inside the apartment. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: The Intersection of Individual Hells 2012-04-23T06:34:16Z Caged and helpless, she agonizes over whether to resist: “The deep instinct was to wait and hope and pray and plead,” Black writes. ‘The Killing Lessons’ review: A thriller for abnormal psychologists 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z The body part involved here was less private though no less agonizing to see cut off. 'Taste' and 'Backyard' revel in gore and lack style 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z It does not, however, agonize her: her motion has gentleness, and a strange mixture of restraint and luxuriance. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-07T22:26:02Z Taken together, these stories create a world almost unbearably addictive for its beautiful, agonized truths. Review | The cranky, bossy, sad, brave, beloved Olive Kitteridge is back in ‘Olive, Again’ — and better than ever 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Even with nature he was tense and agonized. Art Review: ?Paintings of Charles Burchfield? at the Whitney 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z Indeed, it’s remarkable that a practice that is stimulating at best, agonizing at worst, is offered by spas that purport to pamper. Skin Deep: Wildly Abrasive 2010-12-16T06:45:06Z My coming to life was agonizing but vital, with my group involved at every step. He Showed Me His Tiles, So I Showed Him Mine 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z As we gradually learn, Burke has suffered for many of her 33 years from endometriosis, an agonizing uterine disorder. Review | ‘Theory of Bastards’ is a feminist novel, but not the one you’re expecting 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Without spoiling anything, let’s just say that the sixth episode of this new season illustrates this truth with agonizing clarity. "BoJack Horseman": Life's hilarity and pain, illustrated 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Oftentimes, nonfiction about comedy, especially about stand-up, lists toward the agonized and self-serious, and while “Phat” does not shy away from weighty ideas and real strife — personal and societal — it is also funny. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Heilig, who offered “A Place For Wolves” a glowing early review—and then apologized for her praise on Twitter—told me that she agonized over her decision to withdraw support for the book. In Y.A., Where Is the Line Between Criticism and Cancel Culture? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Using lyricism honed as a poet, Castillo describes the agonizing realities of life as an undocumented immigrant, particularly after his father was deported. New in paperback: 13 September releases worth reading 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z After snapping your shot, there is no further tinkering and no agonizing over the saturation or Lux levels; whether you like it or not, the filters do most of the work for you. Foodie: An app designed to make your food photos look tasty 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z “And that I have a wife and two kids who I love. My inability to reconcile those two truths has led to this agonizing place.” The fall of John Weaver, a Lincoln Project co-founder whose political career was shrouded in mystery 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z If you’re going to one of our live shows, we agonize over the order because we know that the order of the stories can sometimes make or break how you perceive the show. The Moth’s artistic director on the storyteller inside us all: “Most people do have something beautiful to say” 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z As the other hurdlers flew toward the finish line, he sat on the track, looking agonized, before pulling himself up and hopping toward the exit, past the wheelchair that was offered him. Liu Xiang’s great fall 2012-08-07T20:05:00Z More powerful sequences involve statements from experts of a different kind — the agonized parents of children who died in the back seat. ‘Fatal Distraction’ Review: Parents Go Through the Unthinkable 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Yet the house also tells the heartbreaking story of Freud’s escape from the Nazis, of his displacement, and of his agonizing battle with cancer. Reflecting on Sigmund Freud 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z The physical violence is hard to stomach, but the tension that leads to the slaughter is even more agonizing. Beautiful Places to Die 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z It takes a few agonizing moments for Reyeb to die, perhaps because of Malik’s awkwardness, or maybe it just takes a while to bleed to death. Movie Review | 'A Prophet': Learning to Read, Murder, Survive 2010-02-25T23:22:00Z Unfortunately, it took an agonizing 50 minutes to arrive. In Bristol, a Hotel That Is Stately and Stylish 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Rodríguez offers an agonized account, tempered with a palpable affection for Nicaragua. Movie Review: ‘Magic Words (Breaking a Spell)’ at MoMA 2014-04-30T21:51:13Z Before I can agonize over obstacles down the road, I first need to get where I’m going. Becoming Disabled 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain lived on adjoining properties in Hartford, and they each agonized over decorating choices and related expenses. Twain and Stowe Homes Being Renovated for Historical Accuracy 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z NF’s rhyme schemes are tightly clustered, he raps fast, and he is constantly vibrating between exasperated and agonized. NF Has the No. 1 Album in the Country, and He Sounds Miserable 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z I get impatient with all the moral agonizing. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 8, Episode 3: Cut to Black 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z In her review, Manohla Dargis of The Times called it “a horror movie about the agonizing, banal surrealism of everyday life.” In ‘The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,’ Practice Makes Pandemonium 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z She’s not as successful, though, at making sense of a character who alternates between agonizing about cases and agonizing about ovulation and hormone injections. Television Review: ‘King,’ on Reelz, Shows a Tougher Side of Toronto 2013-07-04T21:53:31Z At this point, we made the agonizing decision to skip De Struise Brouwers, famous for its big, bold brews and barrel aging, in order to accept a challenge posed in Cohan’s guide. A self-propelled Belgium brewery tour through Belgium lets you bike to pints 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Finally a nascent writer at his desk, Gary agonized over the perfect pseudonym, a name “to compensate for my own feeling of insecurity and helplessness at the idea of everything my mother expected from me.” Underneath Romain Gary’s Many Masks 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z James Norman said in his statement, “We did agonize some about approving the release of something about which Jessye had some concerns.” Jessye Norman Rejected These Recordings. Should They Be Released? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Or at least, there’s enough of a distinction there that I didn’t feel as agonized as I felt like I was supposed to feel. I Admit It: I Don’t Really Like Christopher Nolan’s Movies All That Much 2012-07-18T11:59:44Z My son would get his in-app purchases, just not before I agonized over the consequences. Motherlode Blog: All He Wants for Hanukkah Are In-App Purchases 2012-12-09T13:30:11Z It creates a moment of uncertainty that is agonizing for men. Why men have so much trouble making friends 2014-04-12T16:00:00Z It’s when all the technological bells and whistles are operating that this “Network” thrills, even as it agonizes. Review: ‘Network’ With Bryan Cranston Is Convulsive, Immersive and Still Mad as Hell 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Our long period of agonized waiting is over: Britney Spears has finally announced the title of her forthcoming album. Britney Spears Reveals Title of New Album 2013-10-15T17:23:02Z When the play begins Agamemnon is agonizing over what to do. 'Iphigenia in Aulis' at Getty Villa: Chasing the ever-elusive Euripides 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z As serpents strangle an agonized priest and his writhing sons, a bravura paradox emerges: Ideal beauty is embedded in a sculptural ensemble of suffering and death. Charles Ray's sculptures cast a forceful modern eye on antiquity 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z A 1986 profile in The New York Times described him in these words: “Olympian aspiration, raw aggression and agonizing self-doubt.” Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Opening with melancholy solos on English horn and clarinet, the music sobbed, convulsed and roared in a macabre display of agonized grief. Music Review | American Symphony Orchestra: Loosening the Reins on Composers After Stalin 2010-03-01T05:50:00Z And a big part of that was sometimes agonizing struggles about the role of women in games - making them, playing them and being featured in them. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Making Room for the Women 2012-12-25T15:26:30Z “If you’re choking someone to death with a bicycle lock you want to show how agonizing that would be,” he added. “Breaking Bad” stars discuss if Heisenberg’s meth caused “The Walking Dead” zombie outb... 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z His true subject is the ecstasy of discovery and the agonizing price it can exact. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The miles along the airport road were agonizing for me, but our reward was a fully stocked cafe. The U.S. Issue: Overnighter: 22 Miles and a World Away From Los Angeles 2011-05-13T20:24:11Z And the movie stars who agonize over getting dressed for red carpet photo ops think they have it tough. Review: ‘texts&beheadings/ElizabethR,’ the English Queen in Her Multifaceted Majesty 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z After she waved at a busboy she recognized from another vegan eatery, she agonized over the possibility that he thought she was summoning him. The Examined Life of Melanie Lynskey 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The movie acknowledges the larger agonizing picture but mostly it celebrates a crew of Horatio Algers of another color who become crossover kings turned establishment titans. Review: In ‘Straight Outta Compton,’ Upstarts Who Became the Establishment 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Sex Tape doesn’t fall off the cliff of competence so much as it executes a slow, agonized mudslide of failed intentions. REVIEW: Don't Dare Watch This Sex Tape 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z But so does her father — the emotionally remote “national monument,” as she calls him, who set the stage for his daughter’s agonizing doubt about her body and abilities. Jane Fonda Isn’t Letting the Curtain Come Down Any Time Soon 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Matty had agonized over that decision and originally considered turning in his partner. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: A Chimp With a Machine Gun 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Murat, an observant Muslim, regards the Kurdistan Workers’ Party as a terrorism organization and wants its members barred from Parliament; his dates with women are fraught with agonizing pauses and his self-centered utterances. Movie Review: ‘Koprudekiler’ (‘Men on the Bridge’), a Drama Set in Istanbul 2012-06-19T22:23:59Z I agonized over whether to join the protest. Fake News, 1969: My Infamous Role in the Harvard Antiwar Protests 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z One positive pregnancy test is all it takes, apparently, for a woman to be at heightened risk for agonizing death or terrifying misery. When you’re pregnant, movies and TV constantly remind you of the worst-case scenario 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Among the many memorable scenes — which include moments of high farce, agonized confrontation and linguistic sleuthing — the one I found most remarkable is a tense conclave around a table in a departmental office. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z And just generally when I start on a movie, the agonizing deadline, the unsolvable things, I’m tense most of the time. Ticking Watch. Boat Engine. Slowness. The Secrets of the ‘Dunkirk’ Score. 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z He is wickedly funny unfolding agonizing tales of the rise of fabulously wealthy American art collectors who lack the genteel, accommodating ways of the previous generation of fabulously wealthy American art collectors. | 'The Old Masters': Showdown at the Italian Villa, Easels Drawn 2011-01-28T03:01:21Z By morning, the doctor is hogtied and gagged in a chair, and Paulina holds a gun to his head, as her agonized husband looks on, begging her to see reason and let the man go. ‘Death and the Maiden’ in Chicago, Starring Sandra Oh 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Still, one has the sad sense that Paul may soon discover that among the forms of hell on earth, loneliness is among the most agonizing. Review: In ‘The Christians,’ a Schism Over Fire and Brimstone 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Eilis’s romantic predicament is agonizing, for her and also for the viewer. Review: Resettling the Meaning of Home in ‘Brooklyn,’ With Saoirse Ronan 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z They agonized each time they had to eliminate one of the group, quoting Great Philosophers to soothe their wounded souls. Donald Trump, the ultimate “Survivor”: How watching Richard Hatch win laid the groundwork for Trump the GOP nominee 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z After agonizing over the choice, Emer finally says, “If he may live I am content.” David Duchovny’s Truth Is Out There, Between Covers 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z The intensity with which Mr. Lee spoke about Mr. Trump and Charlottesville finds a corollary in a section of “BlacKkKlansman” that incorporates some of the rally’s most agonizing images. Spike Lee Turns a Period Piece Into a Protest of the Trump Era 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z He’s a Nashville outlier in a completely different way from Mr. Hunt, which is another way of saying that the audiences for these two shows probably didn’t agonize much before charting a course. Outliers Defying Easy Definition 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z A Sunni, he agonizes over the divisions between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. In ‘A Sinner in Mecca,’ a Gay Director Ponders His Sexuality and Islamic Faith 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In light of the recent agonizing over the use of ghostwriters in hip-hop, it’s worth noting that Dr. Dre has long been understood to use young talent to contribute to his rhymes. Review: ‘Compton,’ Dr. Dre’s First Album in 16 Years 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Ms. McAdams, who lets you see the eddies of emotion rippling over Esti’s face as she pulls off her wig, does some lovely work here to convey a woman agonizing over her existential situation. Review: The Flesh Is Willing in ‘Disobedience’ 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z While he is constantly talking about his past, his travels, his former wives, if I say anything at all about my past, he agonizes with jealousy. Her past? Boyfriend doesn’t want to hear it 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z Her response to her mother's agonizing pleas for her to keep living is a gunshot. To be or not to be: Playwrights on the complex issue of suicide 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Around the same time, Davis, 59, started experiencing agonizing stomach pain, and in January 2014, she, too, was told she had cirrhosis of the liver. In rare medical procedure, these two women share one liver 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z But no matter where you end up, you will be liberated from the frugal traveler’s burden: agonizing over whether to order appetizers and dessert. August in New York, at a Discount 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z At 58, I was still trying to find my romantic footing after the agonizing end of a 35-year marriage. How My Worst Date Ever Became My Best 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Lemel and her leadership team agonized over the state health department’s regulations for containing the virus. This summer camp was open during the 1918 flu outbreak. And it’s open this year. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The choreographed group picture captures none of the agonizing emotion of this moment. Perspective | Trump’s photo with his loyalists was a vulgar mess. And Ivanka brought a handbag. 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Indeed, the greatest offense is that convenient catchall known as "thoughtcrime," patrolled by the ubiquitous Thought Police and punishable by sometimes quick, sometimes agonizing, but either way inescapable, death. Orwell's '1984' has never seemed so current and terrifying as on the Broad Stage 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Maybe that’s why, for me, its most indelible moment features Faith licking Gary’s face with agonizing slowness. ‘Irresistible’ Review: The Voters Are Red, the Message Is Blue 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z We talk about how cold your head gets when you’re bald, how we both wore little caps to bed during chemo, how the agonizing death scene onstage brought back memories of dying friends. The Out of Towner: Cancer Survivors See the Play ?Wit? 2012-02-16T23:10:38Z A reference to Kafka prompts her to curl up in an agonized fetal position. Theater J’s ‘The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife’ 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Tammy says she agonized for months about filing the lawsuit. The Darcars family drama: Cut out of the auto business, a daughter sues 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Her grandmother, Frances Keeffe, was suffering from a long and agonizing battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease. Connected by Cannabis 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z What it felt like was a show that wanted to be enjoyed, not agonized over. ‘Madam Secretary’ Proved TV Didn’t Have to Be Hip to be Great 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Whenever he took in the first bite, his face would scrunch up into a deep pucker, seemingly an agonized response to the coldness. Father's Day, every day, with my disabled son 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z Scandinavia seems more promising, but getting there is expensive and dangerous, and requires some agonizing choices. ‘Flee’ Review: From Kabul to Copenhagen 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Creativity for both men, who were acutely aware of their diminishing powers as they aged, is more agonizing than ecstatic. Review: In ‘Cézanne et Moi,’ Zola and the Artist Are Pals. However ... 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z And as one user agonized Thursday morning, this whole nightmare just "doesn't seem fair." Lady Gaga's 99-cent Amazon fiasco continues 2011-05-26T15:27:00Z It is rightly content to embody Jung's agonized sobriety and Freud's courtly, corrosive wit. Odd Couples at Venice: Freud & Jung, Wallis & Edward, Cronenberg & Madonna 2011-09-02T09:15:00Z In pitting two very different kinds of immigrants against each other — one comfortably assimilated, the other helpless in every sense — Sekaran offers a brilliantly agonizing setup. Review: New Novels by Kris D’Agostino, Kathleen Rooney and Others 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z It may sound agonizing for an artist to feel so alone halfway around the globe from home while handling such intense material. Caleb Landry Jones Can Do This 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z He agonizes, and people encourage him to loosen up a little. Review: ‘The Walking Dead’ Goes Even Bigger in Season 6 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “He agonizes over these decisions because he’s got a lot of integrity. Way more than either his brother or me.” Casey Affleck Is Making Another Splash, Reluctantly 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z That one of them is a doctor guarantees this will be a particularly lengthy and agonizing process. | 'The Tortured': ‘The Tortured,’ Written and Directed by Robert Lieberman 2012-06-15T00:37:09Z And while the agonizing stillness of Brünnhilde and especially Wotan in their long final scene is effective in theory, Rose and Jones do not quite sell his endless impassivity, and the tension sometimes slackens. Review: The Met Opera’s Next ‘Ring’ Will Be a Sea Change 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Rihanna, a social media natural, has been particularly adept at playing along with fans’ agonizing waiting game. Rihanna: Since She’s Been Gone 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z "I agonize over some of the dark and cruel things that I write. I want them, for me, to be effective and authentic and dramatic and moral, I guess," she says. Anne Rice talks about reviving vampire creations in 'Prince Lestat' 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z It took three agonizing months for child services to close the case. My three wives 2013-04-14T01:00:00Z So, after agonizing, I told her what I learned. Should We Lie to My Parents? 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A bit of agonizing later, here are our selections. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Classical Music 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z That roving model, designed to encourage discovery, can turn any festivalgoer into a critic: selecting and sorting, setting priorities, making agonized choices. Review: A Jazzfest Marathon With Protest at Its Heart 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z It’s agonizing, of course, or maybe heartening, if you’re the sort of person who appreciates emotional transparency. ‘MasterChef Junior’ and ‘Child Genius’ Test Youngsters 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z They’re not just shown as bad guys — we also see how they struggle and agonize. ‘Tokyo Vice’ Revisits a Faded Underworld 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “I really agonize over my sentences. I care deeply about my dialogue. Whenever I’ve listened to my books on audio, I’ve been thrilled.” ‘I can write the words. He supplies the melody’: The harmonious bond between authors and audiobook narrators 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Clinton added that it was agonizing to see Abedin “in such distress.” Huma Abedin, longtime Hillary Clinton aide, has book deal 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Wearing a dark knit cap that hid his unruly hair, Mr. Ray agonized, meditated and philosophized about every aspect of the piece. Charles Ray, Walking a Fine Line With a Hungry Lion 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Lebanon works as a disasters-of-war screed, a depiction of men under impossible stress and, politics aside, a taut, agonizing thriller. Lebanon Review: Trapped in the Horror of War 2010-08-06T07:00:00Z They face fear, frustration and agonizing uncertainty as the case proceeds. Review: ‘Crime+Punishment’ Is a Tough Documentary About Police Abuses 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z These images remind us of how American lives are used as political chess pieces, and how agonizing it is when the game’s larger objective remains unclear. Movie Review: ‘The Prosecution of an American President,’ Directed by Dave Hagen and David J. Burke 2012-10-12T03:00:44Z Aparicio became so invested in the role that when tragedy strikes her character, she suffers with agonizing realism. Yalitza Aparicio of ‘Roma’ and the Politics of Stardom in Mexico 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z When he gets a job, he doesn’t think too much about the whys of it or agonize over consequence. Smart Watch: Let’s look at men via portrayals in “Mr Inbetween,” “Insecure” and other T... 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Here is my small Best of 2018, intentionally scant and in no order; if I were to expand beyond this list, I would agonize too much about who I excluded. The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z It also goes one agonizing step further than such small-screen fare in that it never for a second leaves the meeting room and only rarely abandons the artificial and often inane language of such encounters. Review: ‘Miles for Mary,’ a Sendup of the Interminable Meeting From Hell 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z Jane spends a whole year there, agonized with longing, and that’s when she begins to see what the alternative to Rochester is: a loveless marriage or spinsterhood. Another Hike on the Moors for ?Jane Eyre? 2011-03-05T04:23:01Z Despite Billy’s gnarled form, which makes even walking an agonizing process, he often registers as just one of many vivid portraits in a gallery of oddballs. Theater Review: Daniel Radcliffe Stars in Revival of ‘The Cripple of Inishmaan’ 2014-04-21T02:00:12Z Now I’m in the agonizing position of deciding whether to give up all the good we have for some future family that may or may not be out there. Her uterus changed its mind. How does this woman tell her husband? 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z This real-time technology is at times a taunt of sorts, an agonizing reminder that our real-time technology wasn’t good enough to recognize a virus spreading unnoticed through so many communities. On the Front Lines of a Pandemic, ‘I Love You’ Can Mean ‘Goodbye’ 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z The song from that album that most impressed me was called “No Distance Left to Run,” an agonized breakup song, whose first words are, “It’s over.” That Time My Band Opened for Blur 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z His lungs are weakened from tuberculosis, a worsening medical condition that is the cause of much denial and consternation during this agonizing reunion. Even with Jessica Lange and Gabriel Byrne, 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' fails to connect 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Nashville loves to agonize over what country music should and shouldn’t be, and that’s the tangled yarn ball Paisley’s been spinning on his finger for more than a decade. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders But audiences are cramming into smaller theaters to watch other figures grow, shrink and generally agonize in the spotlight. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: Punished By Fame 2011-02-25T16:44:55Z The idea that it might have been hours or even days was agonizing. Rapture in the Zoom 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z In one of the novel’s strongest scenes, Louise must explain this agonizing situation to the girls’ confused, heartbroken father. Book review: ‘The Forgotten Girls’ by Sara Blaedel 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z But she does, one agonizing step at a time. ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ Review: Racing With a Heavy Heart 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z One way to treat Mahler's agonizing foreboding today is as an environmental warning. Dudamel, L.A. Philharmonic power through Mahler's potent Sixth 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z After much agonizing, she and her boyfriend chose abortion. Fighting Teenage Pregnancy With MTV Stars as Exhibit A 2011-04-08T22:20:42Z It’s agonizing to play — few have ever attempted it alone — yet Mr. Levit felt that the piece reflected the exasperation wrought by the pandemic. For Classical Music, Spring Was the Season of Solos 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z “Must write something good to calm & satisfy myself,” Highsmith wrote after agonizing over the affair. The Many Faces of Patricia Highsmith 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z I got tired of her agonizing every time how dependent she was one me. New Career for Aging Celebrities: TV Pitchman 2012-03-07T23:30:00Z Floyd, whose final, agonizing eight minutes and 46 minutes became a global call to action, in Minneapolis on May 25. Ben Crump has become the go-to attorney for racial justice: ‘I feel like I’m running out of time’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z One scene in a very late episode is agonizing, in fact. As "PEN15" draws to a close, we're left in the hell of seventh grade, exactly as it should be 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z He was admitted to a pauper’s hospital, where, according to Bronsen, he suffered agonizing withdrawal, shouting out in German for a drink from his deathbed. A Timely Biography Traces Joseph Roth’s Accounts of Fascism 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z When I changed my name, I agonized over how and when to tell people about it in a way that wouldn't be, well—weird. Hitting my stack: How yoga helped me understand my trans identity 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Agamemnon, Abraham and even literature’s most famous child killer, Medea, agonize over their choice, and ultimately bow to their duty to country, God or love. Analysis | Why are there so many stories about parents killing kids? A new movie treats it as comedy. 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The New York Film Critics Circle, which hosted the awards and had named Mr. McQueen best director, issued an immediate, agonized apology and promised disciplinary action. Mr. Armond White, Ousted Critic, Has Words on Expulsion 2014-01-17T23:09:50Z Both are also given to pursuing grandiose fables of agonized American manhood, and sometimes find themselves fighting uphill battles against mediocre material. “Southpaw”: A gripping, conflicted fable of a white champ in an imagined America 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z The pandemic has already tipped some smaller news outlets into suspending publication or laying off staff, an especially agonizing decision as they struggle to cover a story with implications global and local. There’s a massive audience for coronavirus news right now. That might not help the news business. 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z But there’s something in its reticence, its truly agonizing reticence, that has been living with me since. 'Outgoing Tide' a touching look at end-of-life woes -- 3 1/2 stars 2011-05-23T21:19:02Z Mr. Yazbeck’s dances of despair to these melodies are performed with as much elegance as being convincingly agonized allows. Review: Dirty Dancing to Henry James in ‘The Beast in the Jungle’ 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Early on, he describes how as a boy he botched a negotiation for a horse — a telling anecdote, as financial failures agonized him — and the ensuing ridicule. The Ghost That Haunts Grant’s Memoirs 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Did you agonize over naming your children, and are you happy, years later, with your choice? Motherlode Blog: The Joy of Naming the Baby 2013-05-31T20:47:18Z If I was unmoved by these scenes, it’s in part because this is the third novel I’ve read in a month in which a widowed cop agonizes over a new romance. In ‘Dark Reservations,’ a missing congressman casts a deadly shadow 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Holiday told Dufty some stories that were ultimately kept out of the book, including the agonizing home abortion that her mother forced her to undergo as a teen. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z That steel was vital for the bloody, agonizing Episode 6, in which Shauna is forced to give birth at the winter cabin where all the teenage Yellowjackets are stranded. ‘Yellowjackets’: How Sophie Nélisse Managed That Harrowing Birth Scene 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z You know, a dozen male jurors from disparate backgrounds and wildly divergent perspectives hashing out their differences and, after several rounds of accusation, pleading and backpedaling, managing to come to a mutual, though agonized, understanding. Review | Government shutdown aside, Ford’s Theatre stays open and percolates with a multiethnic ‘Twelve Angry Men’ 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Pressured by Caroline, Charlotte marries Schiller, who is so self-centered he falls asleep in the next room while Charlotte gives agonizing birth. ‘Beloved Sisters,’ Directed by Dominik Graf 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Something deep inside his family also died that night, and Yance Ford, one of William’s siblings and the film’s director, explores that loss, exposing a grief that is profound and agonizing. Review: ‘Strong Island’ Explores a Killing and Its Aftermath 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z “What comes after you write can be agonizing — getting things on, or having them done badly, or not getting them done at all — but the writing is fun.” Sheldon Harnick, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Lyricist, Busier Than Ever at 91 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z He agonizes over every detail of the case, pretty convincingly. ArtsBeat: The 'Killing' Finale: Clearer Than You Thought 2011-06-20T17:49:34Z But then there’s a halt—an agonizing pause—before the first shots are fired and mayhem ensues. The Walking Dead Watch: When the Dead Come Knocking 2012-11-26T05:18:27Z In an ill-considered attempt to get myself in shape for the role, I methodically crippled myself with agonizing back pain. Learning 'Lear': Feeling the Pain 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z Here’s the rub: Say in a year or two we find ourselves in a prolonged and agonizing dry spell. The beauty of the dry garden “The doctor told him, ‘You can’t agonize over these paintings,’ ” his son recalled. Gotham Chronicle: Sharp Eye, and Pencil 2010-11-19T20:43:00Z In Dickey’s telling, what Saint Anthony’s fire, Flaubert’s writer’s block, and the realist novel have in common is a masturbatory economy: a resistance to productive labor that is at once pleasurable and agonizing. “Afterlives of the Saints” 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z We know that reveal is coming, but the agonizing speed of the camera movement heightens the suspense considerably. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 8: A Man Without a Country 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z No question, your flight home will be agonizing. You are on vacation and a loved one at home dies. What do you do now? 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z A few lines about inaction in the face of looming disaster, although written about the United States, were added in London following Ms. Washburn’s “endless discussions with agonized British people.” From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘The Twilight Zone.’ And Now, Trump. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Sheed’s characters are almost invariably stricken with an agonized sense of self-awareness, exacerbated by their Roman Catholicism. Wilfrid Sheed, Writer of Gentle Wit, Dies at 80 2011-01-19T19:15:32Z “The personal result is agonizing distress and undefined dissatisfaction. The social result is environmental pollution and neglected poor people.” Ronald J. Sider, Who Urged Evangelicals to Social Action, Dies at 82 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z As summer ends and families agonize over how to send children back to school safely, we receive an education documentary that was plainly produced before the pandemic. ‘The Smartest Kids in the World’ Review: Putting School to the Test 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The two biggest singles, “Dancing on My Own” and “Call Your Girlfriend,” sound like pure thudding rapture even as the lyrics are agonized and slightly psychotic. “Honey,” Reviewed: Robyn Has Returned, and She Has What You Want 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In addition, Sides intersperses moving excerpts from Emma De Long’s increasingly agonized letters, letters her husband would never read. Book Review Podcast: Abandon Ship! 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Back in the day, we agonized for a full a week before the story confirmed Joyce Summers was gone. Our big issue with "And Just Like That..." has nothing to do with the 911 debate 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The result is a prehistory of one of the most transfixing and agonizing celebrities of the 21st century. Kanye West Always Wanted You to Watch 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In the premiere episode, Ebro Darden, Hot 97’s program director, agonizes over how to get celebrities to make cameo appearances. Television Review: ‘This Is Hot 97’ on VH1 Spoofs Reality Shows 2014-03-30T21:52:05Z But beneath these conflicting emotions is one they did not expect: gratitude, for the chance to reflect on an agonizing past and appreciate how lucky they were to survive it. Fathers and Sons, Reliving on Film the Pain of Addiction 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z In real time, the degree of travel difficulty unfolds in agonizing increments. India in One, Two or Three Weeks 2012-03-23T18:57:13Z Although proud of her perfectionism, which she claimed to have learned from her friend and mentor Marianne Moore, Bishop at times agonized over the slenderness of her oeuvre. The passions of Elizabeth Bishop 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Watching the fictionalized making of “The Room” is at once agonizing and inspirational. Tommy Wiseau in ‘The Disaster Artist’ wants to be taken seriously. James Franco can relate. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z It illuminates Grant’s loving marriage, the sense of honor that made him agonize over debts, also his fundamental decency. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z In the final scene, the stage looms over Adriana as she dies her agonizing death, while her fellow actors step forward to mourn her. Review: 'Adriana' a treat at Covent Garden 2010-12-05T12:31:00Z Look into the eyes of each of those self-contained faces, and you’ll see a full, agonizing scream waiting to erupt. Review: A Slain Journalist’s Voice Resounds in ‘Intractable Woman’ 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z I agonized over every sentence, and I have yet to hear any great writer advise that the best work comes when you ignore your instincts and focus intently on fear and self-doubt. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z After agonizing over how to lay the stone, I chose a running bond pattern — simple offset rows of pavers — instead of herringbone, and making that first design decision emboldened me. How I Created My Very First Garden From Scratch 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Looking exhausted, she stares into a camera and agonizes over the stress in becoming a sudden role model for transgender people everywhere. With Caitlyn Jenner’s New Show, a Reality Producer Tries to Tame the Antics 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z For such a man to die as he did, and in so agonizing a fashion, was bound to be seen as a totem of onrushing disaster in Iraq, and it was. Television: Greg Barker?s Film About Sergio Vieira de Mello 2010-04-30T19:38:00Z And thanks to Claire’s current position as her own worst enemy, we watch her agonize over it all. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 5: Our Separate Ways 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Afflicted by paralyzing depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive behavior, Mr. Hill wrote with agonizing difficulty until he was treated with drugs after moving to the United States in the 1990s. Geoffrey Hill, Dense and Allusive British Poet, Is Dead at 84 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z He stares at her, attracted and yet agonized. Movie Review: Why I'm So Glad I Am Not Number Four 2011-02-17T10:15:00Z That’s progress of a kind, but it’s important to note that Sandler plays that melody too, just in a dumber and more acutely agonizing key. The dude-humor master class of “Ted 2″: Flashes of offbeat brilliance among the expected spank gags and deflated ball jokes 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z At night, a child’s agonized, animalistic moans reverberate through the house, the sounds explained by Patrick as a result of their son’s speech defect: a foreshortened tongue. ‘Speak No Evil’ Review: Impolite Company 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z I spent months agonizing, but eventually reached the point of, "Do I like spending time with him? Yes. Then I'm just going to keep going until I don't want to spend time with him." Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Whether it’s half past love or quarter till, live in the moment 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The streets of Philadelphia are a romantic hunting ground for the four main characters in “Beautiful Something,” Joseph Graham’s bleak, agonized study of gay men looking for connection. Review: ‘Beautiful Something’: Craving Love in Philadelphia 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z One overzealous member of their group gleefully douses a cow with gasoline and sets it on fire; the camera doesn’t show the blaze, but we hear the agonized roars of the animal. | 'Happiness Runs': Down on the Commune, in Adam Sherman?s Drama 2010-05-06T23:17:00Z Such irritants can be funny, agonizing, or both. Clarity, humor make this ‘Seagull’ fly 2013-01-31T17:44:16Z It won’t change the rules of dating overnight, but in the ecosystem of online dating, it aims to be a little less agonizing for women. With Her Dating App, Women Are in Control 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z The piece stole the show, its agonizing drama of a dying child beautifully wrought by Bartoldus’s forces, who even engaged in multitasking — playing percussion instruments while singing. Chamber chorus Third Practice is a winner 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z As agonizing as this emergency decision would be, the setup plays like a false trichotomy, compounded by ancillary ironies contrived for dramatic purposes. ‘The God Committee’ Review: At a Hospital, Judgment Day 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z It was hardly a conscious decision, certainly not one I recall agonizing over. Militant atheism has become a religion 2013-03-25T01:00:00Z At one point, she called the ridicule of her testimony “agonizing” and said she had received thousands of death threats. Amber Heard Seeks New Defamation Trial After Losing to Johnny Depp 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But each orchestra suffers in its own way, and the Minnesota case is particularly agonizing and seemingly inexplicable. Critic’s Notebook: Lockout for the Minnesota Orchestra Grows More Painful 2013-05-12T21:48:05Z Instead, we sympathize and agonize with this wayward rascal as he narrates his passage through this challenging midlife period. ‘The Blue Guitar’ review: An artist’s heartbreaking crisis 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Every minute between your tests and your results is a uniquely agonizing one, full of the suspense of wanting to know, and the dread of what you might hear. Cancer has a “game-changing” moment 2012-12-11T21:02:00Z And he captures the agonizing moment when truth tellers within an inflexible bureaucracy feel their organization turning on them, with the virulence of the immune system turning on a deadly germ. A Fight to Save Soldiers, From the Lab to the Battlefield 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z I agonized so much about it with guys when I was younger. Farting in love 2013-03-23T22:00:00Z Sometimes the type of product makes it an even less agonizing choice. Got a Best Seller? Chipotle May Come Calling. 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Over five months of prep and a five-month shoot across China, Lee agonized over the delicate balance of “Crouching Tiger.” Ang Lee on ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ 20 years later 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z With a final agonized scream of my own, I put these books away. Good Paperback Vibrations 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Yet most of the coerced Christians refuse even this small gesture and suffer agonizing torture and death instead. Martin Scorsese Tests His Limits in “Silence” 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z That compact device — which receives its own close-up in the next scene — is both a prop and agonized symbol. Movie Review: ‘The Canyons’ Is an Erotic Thriller With Lindsay Lohan 2013-08-01T17:11:39Z But this is an aspect of the lore attached to "The Sandman," Neil Gaiman's lyrical masterpiece: it spent years trapped in the agonizing plane know as Development Hell. Enter "Sandman," right on time 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z I agonized about the likelihood of causing him pain. Modern Love: A Lesson in the Desert 2013-07-18T22:19:50Z Five years after he documented the horrors of Hurricane Katrina, Spike Lee returned to New Orleans with his new movie showing the city's agonizing efforts to return to normal. Spike Lee screens new Katrina film in New Orleans 2010-08-18T19:01:00Z The supposed maternal transgressions that Kate agonizes over, like bringing a store-bought pie to the school bake sale, are so minor, so forgivable. I Don't Know How She Does It, but Bagels Trump Kegels 2011-09-15T22:20:00Z Why, he agonizes with no self-awareness, does God not answer prayers and alleviate suffering, a question which proves too heavy a load for Mr. Garfield’s talents. Review: Questions and Prayers Go Unanswered in Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Their dilemma just happens to involve whether to kill the minister whom an agonized Paige told about their identity. ‘The Americans’: In Season 4, the Wars Grow Colder and More Dangerous 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z Museums agonize over Gauguin’s abuse of the girls he painted. Perspective | Roald Dahl was anti-Semitic. Do we need his family’s apology now? 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z He agonized and stalled for a year before making a more unequivocal move, convinced as he was that Ms. Walker would have no interest. A Union Built in and on Stages 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Even though long hiatuses between seasons are the norm for this series, the two-year wait between Season 3 and 4 has been particularly agonizing; never before has the show’s brand of nihilism felt more comforting. A "Rick and Morty" guide to 9 essential episodes to get schwifty for Season 4 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z Mason is as suave as he is tormented; Garland gives one of the most freely expressive, explosive performances anywhere in classic Hollywood; both actors burst onto the screen in moments of agonizing observational intimacy. What to Stream This Weekend: The Best Version of “A Star Is Born” 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z He frequently awoke in the middle of the night, paralyzed by anxiety, agonizing about his future. This Story Has Already Stressed Ryan Reynolds Out 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z “We agonized over it all year,” said Rachel Tayse Baillieul, a food educator in Columbus, Ohio, where the cutoff date is Oct. Cultural Studies: The Littlest Redshirts: Postponing Kindergarten 2010-08-20T18:22:00Z Whereas, of course, in the moment it was lived it was just another incoherent, agonizing present. Tessa Hadley on Teen-Age Losses of Innocence 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z “Return to Bollène” is a rare fusion of societal analysis and personal experience, of the complex and agonized intertwining of private and public lives, domestic and civic forces. “Return to Bollène,” Reviewed: An Arab Man’s Painful Homecoming in the South of France 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z "Bridesmaids" is not a perfect comedy; there are gags that run on for too long, including an agonizing airplane scene. "Bridesmaids": A triumph for vomit, and feminism 2011-05-10T20:11:00Z He drowned on a beach in Brazil at age 67 — a swifter and less agonizing death than he afforded the 3,000 twins who were the subjects of his gruesome mutilations and surgeries. The story of twins who endured Josef Mengele, the Nazi ‘Angel of Death’ 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Maintaining an agonized reserve, she walked away, then upstage, then across, then back down to him, tracing a wide rectangle of restraint. Baroque Operas, Under Reconstruction 2012-07-27T14:43:55Z The precariousness of their household is agonizing, even as the tenderness that holds it together is touching and understated. ‘Capernaum’ Review: A Heartbreaking and Defiant Look at a Boy’s Life in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z He was very involved, he agonizes over every word and every detail. HBO's "Catch and Kill" series shows how Weinstein is "a villain of the most extraordinary degree" 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z “Can I touch you?” he asks, and an agonizing eternity of indecision fills the gap before she answers, “Yes.” Review: A Bumpy Return to Nigeria for ‘The Homecoming Queen’ 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Needless to say, an artist so invested in mood is bound to have an agonized relationship with country radio, generally the primary engine of industry success. Back in Black: A Country Outsider 2010-09-26T03:00:00Z The film was shot over a number of years — “with a lot of agonizing downtime in between,” added Hauck — starting in May 2012. Los Angeles Film Festival: John Hawkes in unusual detective tale 'Too Late' 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z “We were wearing self-imposed handcuffs,” one agonized aide tells the authors. Was the 2016 Election a Game of ‘Russian Roulette’? 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Sadly, it took another agonizing seven years and tens of thousands more casualties for America to extract itself from Vietnam. The Beginning of the End in Vietnam: An Account of the Battle of Hue, by the Author of ‘Black Hawk Down’ 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z Very little screen time is devoted to that judicial battle, but its brisk decisiveness makes for an agonized contrast with the state of things today. The Crucial Lessons of Democracy in “Selma” 2014-12-29T05:00:00Z Some have celebrated it as a long overdue step toward equality, and others have agonized that it may herald the demise of boys-only choirs. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Its slow pace captures the stasis of Anna’s condition, her feeling of being stuck in an agonizing limbo between denial and acceptance. Review: ‘L’Attesa’ (‘The Wait’) Turns Life Into a Ghost Story 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z It was agonizing both for the whole family. The worst part of being poor: watching your dog die when you can't afford to help 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z We inched into the teeth of this unexpected storm and after a few agonizing minutes, found ourselves back among the calm of the trees. A Father-Son Bonding Mission in the French Alps 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z “Cold Turkey” — which ends with Lennon’s increasingly agonized vocals — sounds spontaneous but went through 26 takes, with Lennon and Eric Clapton flinging barbed, feverish electric guitar lines back and forth. Half a Century Later, John Lennon’s ‘Plastic Ono Band’ Still Hits Hard 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “I was thinking about why we keep watching when it’s so agonizing. For me, at least, I think it’s because you want to see these characters reach redemption,” she said. Doom Watching ‘Euphoria’ 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z And even for generations of moviegoers who might only barely know Rooney from "Night at the Museum," his words before the Senate have agonizing depth. Mickey Rooney's heartbreaking elder abuse story 2011-03-03T21:04:00Z Getting everyone to agree to fire low-performing employees has been, at times, a drawn-out and agonizing process. How the pandemic saved Glut, an odd, beloved Maryland food co-op 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The national feed lost sound for about 10 agonizing seconds in the middle of the musical’s biggest dance number, the Rydell High prom. “Grease: Live”‘s technical triumph: A dazzling production almost makes up for lackluster leads 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z In an especially gripping scene, Mr. Jackson slowly bends his body at painful angles as Erik agonizes over whether to show his face to Christine. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Phantom’ in Bellport, N.Y. 2012-09-01T04:29:56Z Still, the handling of the procedure– as just a matter of fact choice, not an agonizing decision– does reflect a departure from the attitudes in the 1970s. 'Maude' Creator: Why Olivia Pope's Abortion Was So 'Bold' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z If that sounds unpleasant — agonizing even — it hasn’t stopped people from tuning in. Doom Watching ‘Euphoria’ 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The song is a curious mix of the dispassionate and the agonized, but what’s never in doubt is the angst caused by new fatherhood. The Playlist: Jay Z Responds to Police Shootings With ‘Spiritual’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z “It was really tough, because we needed to pick all the non-holometabolous that will be in this giant insectarium forever. Goodness!” she said, recalling the agonizing decisions she had to make. Dragonflies, Beetles, Cicadas — What’s Not to Love? 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The decision to print the names, she said, was “absolutely agonizing.” Prying Loose the Long-Kept Secrets of Attica 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z On a recent day at Turquoise Mountain’s office, Ms. Etebari was trying to decide whether to put saffron or a pinch of Afghan earth in the amulet, and agonizing over what to call the piece. An Afghan Bazaar Parachutes Into Washington 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z The National Gallery in Oslo has Edvard Munch's "The Scream," glutting the Internet with agonized selfies. Museum selfies are having a moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z In another, a girl agonizes while her 10-year-old sister buys a maroon lifeguard hoodie. The ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ TikTok Trend That Almost Wasn’t 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z That, and don’t agonize over something that requires only a minor and obvious fix. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Time to get a ref for this family shouting match 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z It is well written, in terms of characterizations, dialogue, plotting and agonizing suspense. ‘The Killing Lessons’ review: A thriller for abnormal psychologists 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z They agonize about making the wrath of Achilles and the Fall of Man meaningful to a generation that has been schooled to see everything through the lens of relevancy. ‘Animal Farm,’ Bambi and Other Letters to the Editor 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z What follows is an angular, agonized solo featuring a man gripped by sudden madness. ‘The Winter’s Tale’: The blockbuster ballet that almost wasn’t 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Leonardo’s agonized saint isn’t the Jerome I love. Perspective | In real life, Jerome was a combative intellectual. Artists made him lovable. 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z There's always a new angle or stylistic way of sensing Conroy's agonizing ordeal. 'Buried': An agonizing, ingenious experience from inside a box 2010-09-30T20:43:00Z We agonized over what to do with boxes of hand-embroidered napkins and tablecloths, many with notes from our mom pinned to them as to their provenance. The pandemic gave me the time to finally clean out my shameful attic. Here’s what I learned. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z In the buildup to their agonizing breakup, Oliver blames her for teaching him “unhappiness.” ‘Cat People’ and a Gallery of Horror Predators 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Frank sorts through the “terms and conditions” of his life in agonizing, comic detail, mingling fantasy and reality. ‘Fallout,’ by Sadie Jones, and More 2014-04-23T22:15:31Z A relentless profusion of music, overwhelming by design, it presents countless agonizing decisions for the prospective attendee. Warming Up for Winter Jazzfest 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z I flipped longingly through Harper’s book but left it at the library, wondering as I was walking home why this had been such an agonizing decision. Are you my (substitute) mother? A guide to picking your celebrity stand-in parents 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The discovery that these were nothing more than hallucinations after months at sea was agonizing. Diet can influence mood, behavior and more — a neuroscientist explains 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z “I used to spend a lot of time agonizing, ‘Woe is me. Date Lab: No awkwardness for these two extroverts 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Heard testified that she had received thousands of death threats since the start of the trial and called the online mockery “agonizing.” Johnny Depp Jury Finds That Amber Heard Defamed Him in Op-Ed 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The liberated actors blend impulsive comedy, intense physicality, and agonized tenderness; the spontaneous camera work offers soul-baring closeups and sculptural compositions. The Front Row: “Faces” 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Regulators are agonizing over whether to restrict the product as a "gateway" to nicotine addiction and tobacco smoking, or to embrace them as treatments for would-be quitters. U.S. senators slam 'glamorization' of e-cigarettes at Golden Globes 2014-01-15T01:28:21Z The writing may be agonizing at times to the ears and the cynical brain, but again – we’re tired. With "Dolly Parton's Heartstrings," you know 'tis the season for feel-good culture 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z “Every day there are thousands and thousands of people making these agonizing life-and-death decisions.” Noticed: In Aging Parents, a Generation Finds Common Ground 2012-06-13T18:44:51Z Zoë Brock, a former model and writer from New Zealand who was part of that civil settlement, told the Guardian that watching proceedings will be agonizing. Weinstein set to face his toughest legal challenge yet in New York trial 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z But Bad Bunny withholds the biggest of the previously released songs here for the end of the album, when the euphoric “Estamos Bien” arrives like a healing sunrise after an agonizing night. Bad Bunny Broke Boundaries in 2018. His Debut, ‘X 100PRE,’ Demolishes More. 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z And, ever since the breakup Post-it became the breakup Facebook post, our various networks seem to be making this already-difficult process even more agonizing. How Social Media Makes Breakups Uglier for Everyone 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z A voice-over in the film describes him as uneducated, and a tense scene shows him agonizing over the application. Is ‘Flamin’ Hot’ a True Story? Well … Let Us Explain. 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z As bad as that night was, Ms. Theron said, the agonizing years that preceded it were almost worse, with her home life swinging wildly between turbulence and calm. Charlize Theron’s Sick Work Ethic 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z We talk about abortion as a bad thing — even pro-choicers fall into this language when we say it’s an agonizing decision, the hardest decision a woman ever makes. Changing the Debate: Katha Pollitt Talks About 'Pro' 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z Now at 64, she was feeble, nearly blind, the diabetes that would plague her until the end of her life some agonizing years later already crippling her ability to walk. Toni Morrison: First Lady of Letters 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z For Headquarters And Pirates, a Test Of Wills and Wits In “A Hijacking,” his assured, intense second feature, the Danish director Tobias Lindholm turns tedium and frustration into agonizing suspense. Movie Review: ‘A Hijacking,’ a Modern Piracy Drama, Unfolds at Sea 2013-06-20T22:51:37Z “I did not want to face an agonizing death without any means to help control when and where I will die,” Neil Mahoney told lawyers. Terminally ill, he wanted assisted death, but his hospital was Catholic 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Abraham Lincoln agonized over hanging young Civil War deserters, then met his own abrupt end at the theater. ‘On Consolation’ Searches for Solace in the Face of Grief and Misery 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z It opens with an agonizing meet-cute when Harry startles Rachel by resurfacing at her wedding just as she’s dumped by the groom. Kelsey Grammer: 'People are so swift to judge, to react, to punish' 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z What brought Martin Luther King to this Gethsemane, this prolonged, agonizing moment? The “macroethics” of Martin Luther King Jr.: When he spoke out against the Vietnam War even his supporters deserted him — here’s how he endured 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z In lieu of the stylization of “Down with Love,” Reed devised a smoothly choreographed exchange of agonized gazes, a deftly comic whirl of mutual incomprehension. Movie of the Week: “The Break-Up” 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z By her recollection, she had to sit through three days of agonizing deliberation and then the prosecutor asked her if the defendant should be given the death penalty. The Media Equation: TV Justice Thrives on Fear 2011-05-22T22:00:04Z The play begins shortly after Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, as Charles — impersonated by Tim Pigott-Smith with great soberness and sympathy — is already agonizing over the crown that is finally his. Review: Crown Jewel: King Charles III in London 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z It's simply false to claim that abortion is an agonizing decision for most women or that "abortion regret" is even a thing. Michelle Williams speaks a crucial truth: Abortion isn't the enemy of motherhood 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z A "Miss Townsend" insisted that the furniture in her luxurious room be changed immediately and, according to Jessop, spent her "happiest moments . . . watching the agonized struggles of a couple of perspiring stewards tackling the job." 7 facts about "Titanic" survivor Violet Jessop 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Galante’s arrangement of the Adagio from Mahler’s 10th Symphony, for 21 players, ably preserved, and in some instances amplified, the bittersweet caprice and agonizing pangs of its source. Music Review: Janacek and Mahler in Moving Sounds Festival - Review 2011-09-20T21:00:08Z In an agonizing childhood moment of self-hatred, he realizes he is brown-skinned when faced with the blinding whiteness of the child actor playing the lead role in the British musical “Oliver!” What it means to be brown: Cheap labor, scapegoated Muslims and exploited immigrants, from Canada to Qatar 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Beaser, one of four faculty members in town to preside over master classes at the new-music festival, spoke of agonizing over the concerto for a decade. Critic’s Notebook: Robert Beaser’s Guitar Concerto at June in Buffalo Festival 2012-06-13T21:58:39Z After an agonizing night, Abraham Lincoln died the next morning. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as the Civil War drew to a close 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Reni’s Jesus, who looks both agonized and ecstatic, is here shown with a heroin syringe in his arm. ArtsBeat: After a Flap, a Work Draws Attention 2010-12-09T20:09:00Z Actors sing and musicians dance, as an agonized Saint Antony, the fourth century Egyptian monk, is tempted by the seven deadly sins. 'Temptation of St. Antony' mixes play, dance and avant-pop concert into a show that defies labels 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z The going is agonizing, at times gripping, and is slowed down only by gauzy, explanatory flashbacks to Pam’s earlier life. ‘Infinite Storm’ Review: Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Extreme 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Reynolds said he agonized about frankly discussing his own addiction battles, worried that fans might wrongly think he was glorifying drugs. Imagine Dragons dive into the darkness with brave new album 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z She’s been through intense, agonizing experiences and can still stand up and declare that being a parent is worth it all. Motherhood isn’t the path to enlightenment for all women 2013-01-24T21:10:00Z Well, a lot of people, probably, but a certain subset of us probably clutched our collars in an agonized fugue of relating. Girls season two premiere review: 'These people are not meant to be loved' 2013-01-14T16:19:00Z Glass pursues his foe while recuperating from a near-death encounter with a bear, and he dodges both arrows and amoral Frenchmen every agonizing step of the way. About That Bear: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Discusses Making ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Earlier in that same “Supplement,” Melville insists that “we should remember that emancipation was accomplished not by deliberate legislation,” and that “only through agonized violence could so mighty a result be effected.” Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z “Maria by Callas” is an impressionistic, melancholy portrait — primarily a self-portrait, heavy on candid, little-read letters — of a meteoric rise and agonizing decline. The Best Classical Music of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Her recollections are prompted, with growing urgency, by a friend’s child, David, who sits at her bedside and pushes her into an agonizing self-exploration, all the while reminding her that she soon will be gone. A haunting story by one of the best young Spanish-language writers 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z "Toy Story 3" is no exception, despite its heritage; it's about the pain of leaving childhood behind, like the agonizing last chapter of A.A. "Toy Story 3": Loads of calculated summer delight! 2010-06-18T00:20:00Z The judges then — to the Booker organizers’ “horror,” Florence said — spent another “hour-and-a-half agonizing how to resolve the issue,” before deciding it was the only result they wanted. Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo Share Booker Prize 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z I went to the grocery store and agonized over nutrition labels to stock his kitchen with fortifying foods. When I parented my father 2013-03-04T23:57:00Z Wailing, as if she were a wolf stuck in a trap seconds away from a brutal and agonizing death. Motherlode Blog: Breaking the Pacifier Addiction 2011-10-26T18:47:14Z Instead, after agonizing over one of the toughest decisions he’s faced in the course of the show, Rick’s inner Cincinnatus prevailed and he voluntarily relinquished power. The Walking Dead Watch: Cincinnatus Rises 2013-03-25T15:15:36Z “She likes fitted, clean and graphic. Also, she zipped right into it; the fitting took five minutes. There’s not a lot of agonizing over choices with Viola.” Viola Davis: ‘A Symbol of Hope in Dark Times’ 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Roman, still silent and agonizing over Logan's death, is in. On "Succession," why bother simply surviving when you can fake what it means to be living ... plus? 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Short of that, it’s agonizing to stand by and watch someone fall apart but if she is in the grip of an addiction then it will take its course no matter how stridently we object. My friend is out of control 2013-01-14T01:00:00Z Where you will look at others around you, amazed and disbelieving that you are all actually there, writhing in this agonizing and never-ending suffering. Growing up in Westboro Baptist Church: We were “true believers,” everyone else the enemy 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z What’s going on in our heads that makes that so agonizing? Aziz Ansari Discusses His New Comedy Special—and Saved by the Bell Reruns 2013-10-24T18:45:39Z But the boys lived every day of it, and while I was caught up in the moment, they were watching in slow motion, each frame frozen in agonizing detail. Modern Love: Watching Them Watching Me 2012-01-19T21:45:52Z On the last page, you wrote that you agonized over every word of the book. “You don’t want to kill the myth”: The feud continues in “Substance: Inside New Order,” a second memoir by New Order bass player Peter Hook 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z The pace is agonizing, but things are improving. Female Conductors Search for Equality at Highest Level 2013-12-20T20:33:48Z And perhaps no musician of any kind made the most of an agonizing year like this pianist, who livestreamed dozens of little recitals out of lockdown from his apartment in Berlin. Best Classical Music of 2020 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z An ancient tragedy gets an agonized update in this show from Theater of War Productions. 16 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z For black soldiers like the five in the movie’s title, it was especially agonizing. ‘Da 5 Bloods’ Review: Black Lives Mattered in Vietnam, Too 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z For much of this startling story, set in Colorado Springs in the early 1970s, Lee expertly takes you into a shocking American past that harrowingly leads right back to its agonized present. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z When Murphy found herself stranded in a strange country, the strength of those ties was the foundation of a taut and agonizing hour. The Best TV Episodes of 2021 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z The Afghan barely noticed the gardens as he agonized over whether to stay in England or return to Afghanistan. What does Afghanistan need? Some major rebranding, says its 32-year-old ambassador. 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Playing Falstaff in his own film, Welles dramatized his own character, his own genius, his own afflictions, with an agonized self-awareness. Orson Welles's Mighty “Chimes at Midnight” 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z But Mr. Sarandos said that, while he was taken by surprise at the kerfuffle, he did not agonize over supporting Mr. Chappelle. Ted Sarandos Talks About That Stock Drop, Backing Dave Chappelle, and Hollywood Schadenfreude 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z For months I had agonized over whether or not I had a calling. Modern Love: Signs, Wonders and Fates Fulfilled 2010-02-20T06:33:00Z From that terror-filled night when he was certain his agonized screams would split the dark, the fear of jail ran in him as deeply as marrow. The “macroethics” of Martin Luther King Jr.: When he spoke out against the Vietnam War even his supporters deserted him — here’s how he endured 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z “The Terror: Infamy” opens with a possessed woman jerkily walking down a pier, the bones in her neck and ankles cracking with each agonizing step. The politics of Important TV: Why "The Terror" and "Our Boys" won't get the "Chernobyl" treatment 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z In “Calling for a Blanket Dance,” Hokeah shows readers that there are many ways to examine pain, and that sometimes, it’s the indirect view that’s the most agonizing. Family, Home and Heartbreak in Three Debuts 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The lady from Dubuque herself doesn’t show up until the end of the first act, after the guests have unhappily gone home, and Sam has carried an agonized Jo upstairs to bed. Theater Review: ?Edward Albee?s The Lady From Dubuque? at End Stage Theater 2012-03-06T03:00:39Z There’s something galvanizing about this woman, but also something agonizing about both her loneliness and the bloody, bruised fists that she keeps throwing — again and again and again. ‘A Vigilante’ Review: Vengeance Is Hers 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z I used to agonize over every syllable, squinting at my computer screen as if I were solving a jigsaw puzzle, laboring to turn three words into one. Perspective | Google wants to write your emails for you. It’s time to draw the line. 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Her agonized outpouring continues for many pages and anticipates the story’s shattering — and entirely unexpected — ending. ‘The Case of Lisandra P.’: A cerebral mystery set in Buenos Aires 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Yet it’s precisely his wild excess, his agonized vulnerability, his sense of personal risk and brazen self-revelation that has brought him back where he belongs—as an artistic hero for a younger generation of filmmakers. Movie of the Week: “The Patsy” 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z Despite its grim opening, this is a novel about the persistence of life, the agonizing but clarifying effect of great loss. Review | In Tessa Hadley’s new novel, death mixes everybody up 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The parents’ attempts to reach out and hug their blind son become agonized slapstick ballets. Holly Hunter and Bill Pullman in David Rabe's 'Sticks and Bones' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Not that the characters in any of these shows waste much time agonizing about identity; they agonize only about what they can and can’t do with it. What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z Strung out on guilt and furious at her brother, she’s regained the renegade vibe that was missing while she agonized through last season. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: ‘Dexter’ 2013-06-28T16:01:20Z With dark, expressive eyes and a rich, versatile voice, Mr. Hashemi is a compelling presence, ably suggesting a man haunted by the agonizing tale he must recount. Theater Review: ‘Hamlet, Prince of Grief’ at the Public Theater 2013-01-14T21:58:50Z There are people who choose a name quickly and never look back, and those who keep changing their minds and agonizing over possible options for weeks or months. Another challenge for transgender people: Choosing a new name 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Other tracks lack the sharp melodic hooks or the disarmingly agonized vocals that define such Blige classics as “Real Love,” “Not Gon’ Cry” and “Be Without You.” Mary J. Blige has a new album out. Has anyone noticed? 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Yet the stop-motion process is agonizing: puppets placed in miniature sets are moved a fraction of an inch for every frame of film. Tim Burton's Frankenweenie: A Re-animated Delight 2012-10-04T12:00:18Z Even as animation technology has improved and the “South Park” staff has grown exponentially, the show is still fundamentally the work of Mr. Parker, 46, and Mr. Stone, 45, who agonize over every installment. ‘South Park’: After Two Decades, It’s Still by the Seat of Their Pants 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Continue reading for the full interview with Hanawalt in which she teases a season=ending twist, the agonizing realness of "canceled" men returning to our lives and more. “Tuca & Bertie” creator discusses codependent friendships and teases a "disaster" of a finale 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z "Why did this happen to us?" agonizes Roméo, late in the film. 'Declaration of War' chronicles parents' fierce love 2012-02-16T21:36:06Z This past week, Americans spent what many described as an agonizing three-and-a-half days anticipating an election result that took longer than usual to arrive. While America fixated on election results, Americans battled covid-19 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z "It was both agonizing and exhilarating to be confronted by the sheer power of the writing," Amanda Foreman, chairman of the judging panel, said in a statement. Scottish killings and Californian satire on shortlist for Man Booker Prize 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z By some alchemy, the musical environment is just right for the candid, often very funny, and sometimes agonized stories related in “Now I’m Fine.” Ahamefule J. Oluo: A true talent emerges at OtB 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z There’s no soap opera in Domesticated. Norris, instead, opts for acid family comedy, as Bill’s wife learns, drip by agonizing drip, the extent of her husband’s deceptions and the depth of her naivete. Domesticated: What Happens After the Sex Scandal 2013-11-05T10:45:25Z The general equation implied: agonized, unhappy childhood plus introverted kid with good memory equals literary genius. | 'The Atmosphere of Memory': ?The Atmosphere of Memory? at Bank Street Theater - Review 2011-10-31T02:02:00Z Everything culminated in her agonizing walk of shame in the Season 5 finale. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6: Here’s Where We Left Off 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Cognizant that Islam forbids the depiction of its holiest prophet, Mr. Stone and Mr. Parker showed their “South Park” characters agonizing over how to bring Muhammad to their fictional Colorado town. After Warning, ?South Park? Episode Is Altered 2010-04-22T21:51:00Z This is a comedy special starring a white guy paid handsomely by Netflix to agonize over his position of privilege, genuinely and in scripted musical segments. Is Netflix's "Bo Burnham: Inside" our lockdown "Lemonade"? 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The book gains momentum as the crisis deepens and Cooper describes the enormous pressures on Lincoln as he agonized whether to reinforce beleaguered Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. 'We Have the War Upon Us': Trying, and failing, to prevent the Civil War 2012-09-19T21:10:06Z It’s sublime and agonized, and full of the sort of miraculous devotion that I used to hear about in church. Kanye West’s Sunday Service Is Full of Longing and Self-Promotion 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z EC: And I’d add maybe intense physical exercise if you can get through the agonizing part. “Obviously, we all die”: On rejecting the cult of positivity and embracing the joy of darkness 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Sometimes those agitating for change from outside the genre are just as conservative as those agonizing about boundaries from within. The Kacey Musgraves Divorce Hour 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z These were agonizing but unforgettable interactions, leaving exposed and insecure writers aware of their printed flaws while the remainder of the class was subtly converted into more discerning and demanding editors. Remembering Judith Crist, Savage Critic and Inspirational Mentor: One Student’s Appreciation 2012-08-07T22:14:56Z He had agonized about abandoning her, saying maybe he could have protected her. Tiffany Haddish: ‘My Career Is a Delicious Roasted Chicken’ 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z In classic movie logic, he doesn’t agonize about how he’ll keep his children housed, fed and clothed; he doesn’t even scramble for new work. | 'We Bought a Zoo': ?We Bought a Zoo? - Review 2011-12-22T22:43:00Z Helsinki – On that day, Trump loyalists agonized – And cut their ties. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Even the performances reflect the movie’s contours—Hathaway’s performance is merely lively and vigorous until, upon the florid outburst of fantasy, it turns whimsical, unrestrained, agonized, seemingly self-transformative. “Colossal”: A Monster Movie Hiding Ugly Romantic Passions 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z His decision in 2010 to live as a woman followed almost 30 years of agonizing debate with himself. Louisa Jo Killen, Folk Singer With a Booming Tenor, Dies at 79 2013-08-26T02:29:11Z However, as long as his primary goal is to avoid looking bad, he will sulk and agonize and work his puppet strings to get the behavior he wants from you. Her past? Boyfriend doesn’t want to hear it 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z But the whole process had involved two months’ agonizing, and he still felt “discomfort” about it, he said. Two Star Conductors Faced #MeToo Allegations. Now They’re Back. 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z At the session, Marsalis and Fantasia work on their approaches — and it is agonizing slow work. Fantasia Prepares for Broadway Under Watchful Eye 2013-09-04T13:39:08Z He flung himself into the waves and trudged back onto the sand, kneeling and agonizing for the camera. Darren Criss Plays the Happy-Go-Lucky Killer in the Versace TV Drama 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z He agonizes over conflicting accounts of the color of the fatal Mercedes — green, or black? Assassination Fascination: A Review of Laurent Binet's Prize-Winning HHhH 2012-04-25T10:45:49Z Godard’s confessional movies—“A Married Woman” prime among them—do so with an agonized self-awareness; he reveals even the ugly and violent aspects of his impulses, along with his tender ones. The Book That Reinvented Hitchcock 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z “It’s helpful to think through where your boundaries are, so that you’re not paralyzed agonizing over whether you’re willing to confide something or not.” How to Talk to People, According to Terry Gross 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z But in Schmidt’s granular telling, the relationship was especially agonizing because of a fundamental disconnect between the two men. How Has Donald Trump Survived? 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z She agonizes: “We were meant to be more. Why weren’t we more?” Review | Kate Fagan quit her job to care for her dying father. The experience brought unexpected rewards. 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z Instead of agonizing over the reality that propelled case counts and death rates, Trump was preoccupied with messaging, pushing everyone around him to engage in what the authors call “happy talk.” Reliving a Year of Death, as Havoc Reigned in the White House 2021-06-27T04:00:00Z He knows he can’t change things by agonizing, so he doesn’t. Tom Stoppard Finally Looks Into His Shadow 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z A great singer can float a delicate pianissimo or belt out a dramatic monologue or thrill us with her rapid coloratura or caress her way through the most agonizing love music. Criticized for her weight, opera star Deborah Voigt speaks up 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams are agonizing as a young couple whose dreams and love for each other soon collapse under the weight of financial struggles, a child and alcoholism. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Secret City’ and ‘Blue Valentine’ 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z But Kosinski’s specialty is tangible action sequences, with planes and explosions, not people who agonize over guilt and punishment. ‘Spiderhead’ Review: Prisoners of the Mind 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Notice the gradual, even agonizing buildup to Mildred's disclosure and Lucy's response, with Mildred practically having to squeeze the information out of herself. Welcome to the "Mildred Pierce" club 2011-03-28T13:29:00Z When I was 12 years old I watched with a visceral feeling of sadness the slow, agonizing death of a little robin. “The pigs were glowing deep gold”: The amazing experience that ended my life as a pig farmer 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Throughout the book, Sokatch interweaves the story of his own evolving, sometimes agonizing, relationship with Israel, recounting his adolescent adoration and then his heady optimism living in Israel during the Oslo peace process. Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z On the pilot of “Madam Secretary,” we’re meant to find drama in the protagonist agonizing over whether to become secretary of state. The Pilot Is Mediocre. Do You Stick With It? Sometimes. 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z This grimness places the opera in a lineage of artfully agonizing opuses, but there’s also a lightness of invention throughout her score. 8 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z What remains is the sculpture revealed, the New Age of liberation and caring so deeply that it was impossible to remain hidden in classrooms of agonizing dogma. Critic?s Notebook: Heads Bowed in Grateful Memory 2011-03-16T22:13:38Z There are other days where I'm agonizing over whether one line in a script will give a reader the wrong idea about a topic or a person or a community. "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" author Saladin Ahmed: "Politics are central to the story for me" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Step by agonizing step, Mom was limping her way to the place where her favorite child settled in Seoul 30 years earlier. Books of The Times: A Mother?s Devotion, a Family?s Tearful Regrets 2011-03-30T22:25:15Z No fantasy White House can truly mitigate the agonizing, farcical reality foisted upon us by the real one. Forget civility: On “The Good Fight,” “Luke Cage” and “Dietland,” resistance means go... 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z There’s an episode of “Friends” in which Phoebe’s grandmother’s secret cookie recipe turns out, after much agonizing, to be the Nestlé Toll House recipe, printed on the bag of chocolate chips. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z He insists, she resists, and the push and pull between them grows agonizing because in this one instance you see a lonely child’s yearning for home, family, mother, love. Movie Review: ‘Sister,’ Directed by Ursula Meier 2012-10-04T23:50:51Z Then, Tuesday, she appeared in an agonizing performance on "The View" to croon "Oh Holy Night." Susan Boyle's awkward, cringe-inducing stardom 2010-12-01T16:02:00Z “Rent Money” balances a search for love with anxiety about stability; “Parents” agonizes over the wages of aging. Playlist: New Releases From Friends, Wade Bowen and Joey Badass 2012-07-27T16:00:00Z The woman has a worried expression on her beautiful face, as if she were agonizing over modern culture’s loss of soul. Art Review | 'The Armory Show': Ahoy From Nudes, a Pirate and Scrooge McDuck 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z Though the movie is a fictional take on the crisis, it gives a glimpse at the eerie goings-on in a town where the behavior of young people have baffled and agonized their parents. Hannah Murray on Her Wish for Gilly on "Game of Thrones" 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Aunjanue Ellis, who played Nat Turner’s mother, wrote in Ebony that she “agonized” over how Mr. Parker handled the fallout from the accusations and that she grieved for the accuser and her family. A Casualty of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Controversy Speaks Out 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z And I was in agonizing pain for a month, with a lower back tenderness which in varying ways, continues to affect me more than four decades later. So, You Say You Want to Do the Splits? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z And the creators of "The Handmaid's Tale" are quite aware of the agonizing nature of the piece of art they're sharing with viewers. "The Handmaid's Tale" is so brilliant and relevant that I can't stand it 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Culkin's and Strong's agonized panic is remarkable in the way it marries with the direction and dialogue. In the latest "Succession," a wedding cruise is wrecked by a reckoning 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Well, maybe not her worst nightmare — she paused, clearly agonized. A City Ballet Star Bids Farewell to the ‘Crazy Ballerina Life’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z And with that caveat, shimmering-hot air rises around the figurines: an agonizing mirage for someone missing home. Art We Saw This Summer 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The decision to pass on “Tenet” was agonizing for me and my colleagues at The Post. Perspective | This is not a ‘Tenet’ review. (Here’s why.) 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Think escapism in the form of white space — a lure, perhaps, for mothers who once agonized over lighting fixtures but are now tripping over plastic Jumperoos. Mommy Blog or a Glossy Fashion Magazine? 2013-06-12T22:54:13Z “I am in excellent physical and emotional health,” the letter says, with agonizing irony. A Primer to One of America’s Most Political Composers 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “Sound & Fury” is an album full of songs fired in the caldron of that new success: resentful, agonized, seething. Sturgill Simpson Leaves His Old Sound (and the Spotlight) in the Rear View 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Others are exhausted by vast stretches of open time, cornered at home with nothing to do but binge movies, scroll through Instagram and agonize. Quarantine is perfect for discovering the beauty and power of boredom 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z An agonizing call to her — she was on the road — to explain that the network didn’t want her to star in a show based on her life, with her name as the title. Modern Love: When Mixing Business and Pleasure Doesn?t Work 2010-07-08T19:15:00Z It’s the second season of “Star Trek”: original formula, so strap in for more cosmic do-goodery and agonized parsing of the Prime Directive. 30 Shows to Watch This Summer 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z “And that’s just a dream for me. So as agonizing as editing is — you know, I think it’s an awful lifestyle — it gets you through when you’re really inspired by the material.” Did John Ottman save ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’? The Oscar-winning editor is being praised by colleagues — and mocked online. 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The possibility that Vronsky might not be worthy of Anna is a source of the agonizing pathos that follows their initial, headlong bliss. Movie Review: ‘Anna Karenina,’ From Joe Wright, With Keira Knightley 2012-11-15T20:25:23Z I laughed when I read it, but it was an agonized laugh. “What a horrible mother”: How a call from a “good samaritan” derailed these mothers’ lives 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z As a result, X-Men became, as Howe put it, “the soapiest soap saga ever put forth by the House of Ideas, filled with agonized romances, self-confidence crises, lectures on morality, psychic scars, and worrying.” How an "X-Men" writer inspired binge-worthy, character-driven TV from "Buffy" to "Game of Thrones" 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z I do sort of agonize over them because I never want to feel like I’m overdoing them, or being too precious about it, or drafting off work I haven’t earned. Noah Hawley on ‘Fargo,’ Comic Haircuts and Living in the Coen Universe 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z This minimalist indie with a title appropriate for a Judd Apatow comedy, is a smart seriocomic playlet with some emotionally harsh moments, although it refrains from plumbing its subject in agonizing depth. | 'The Freebie': Loving Couple Wonder Where the Ardor Went 2010-09-16T23:53:00Z Or if there is trouble, it’s likely to be more amusing than agonizing. Review: In ‘Nasty Baby,’ Friends Decide to Start a Family. What Could Go Wrong? 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z While Alzheimer’s disease comes to occupy the agonizing center of the novel, the word “Alzheimer’s” doesn’t appear until halfway through the book’s six hundred and twenty pages. A Place Beyond Words: The Literature of Alzheimer’s 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Dwelling in her sorrow is agonizing, but moving on might be even worse. Review: ‘In the Fade’ Is a Tale of Grief and Violence in Modern Germany 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z The crash scene is agonizing; the direct aftermath is gruesome. "Yellowjackets" is a fantastic, terrifying plummet into the darkness of female desire and rage 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z But Bella demurs; the conversion process from human to vamp is agonizing. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn?Part I. More Like Breaking Yawn 2011-11-17T17:30:14Z “I left about halfway through,” he said at the after-party, “because I hear every cough, I see everybody shift in their seats and it becomes agonizing.” Critic’s Notebook: James Gray Makes His Way on the Cannes Star Circuit 2013-05-26T21:37:19Z But he has been agonizing over this role for years, long before the burden truly fell on his shoulders. Kendrick Lamar, Emboldened, but Burdened, by Success 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z If you agonize over using perfect penmanship on the first page of a notebook, watch this. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The framework of Evelyn’s solo show sets up some agonizing forgetting and painful family revelations that hit sharply with Evelyn’s refrain of “mother stayed at home,” repeated obsessively and with a punchy twist. Review | Broadway veteran Florence Lacey stars in new musical ‘Kaleidoscope’ 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The agonizing wait was only the beginning of Morrill’s foray into chicken rearing. Her pet chickens were a source of emotional support during the pandemic. Then, the predators came. 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z The camera discloses truths that are ordinarily hidden from view and that, once revealed, are open to endless, agonizing interpretation. | 'Tuesday, After Christmas': Case of Romanian Realism: Regular Guy, With Wife and Girlfriend 2011-05-24T21:43:04Z While he is constantly talking about his past, his travels, his former wives, if I say anything at all about my past he agonizes with jealousy. Carolyn Hax: Intimate relationships can’t be all about one partner’s satisfaction 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Logan is anguished and conflicted, the most agonized character in the Marvel movie universe. ‘The Wolverine’: A sharp Hugh Jackman saves the day 2013-07-25T01:16:49Z For Ms. Leung, whose character is faced with agonizing personal choices as she tries to save her brother, filming was rewarding, but also frightening. Katie Leung Stars in ‘One Child’ by Guy Hibbert 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z But when he does, in the aching, agonized monologue that opens the fifth and final act, the sense of release is palpable. Review: In ‘L’Orfeo,’ Free Spirit and Brave Soul Unite 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z His mother agonizes about whether she was somehow at fault. A missing boy, a guilt-ridden mother: Thriller deals with parental fears 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Lurking and somewhat underdocumented in the tales gathered here is the fact that as agonizing as these experiences are, men often survive them just fine. Jon Ronson’s ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z In between came Mr. Munro’s own “Last Exit,” an agonized ratcheting of tension based on a poem by Samuel Wagan Watson that indicts enduring Australian racism. New-Music Festival in Chicago Offers the Complicated and the Compelling 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Grit your teeth through the fairly short though agonizing duration of its stay. Capsule reviews: 'True Grit,' 'Little Fockers' 2010-12-22T18:47:15Z Despite agonizing over the rankings, he emphasizes that the difference between No. 30 and No. 40 is “virtually nil.” Film: Brad Bourland, Grocer With a 10,000-Top-Movie List 2010-04-16T18:42:00Z The movie follows Toller as he becomes increasingly agonized — by his failing health, by a modern megachurch nearby and, eventually, by a tragedy. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Resistance’ and ‘Finding Your Roots’ 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Did we need to see seven agonized, blood-stained, shirtless men of various ages and body shapes crawling on the floor and clinging to Lulu to get that she is irresistibly sexual? Music Review: A Daring Production of 'Lulu' at the Salzburg Festival 2010-08-03T20:47:00Z “I wanted not to show the towers, because in doing so we hand back the day to the most agonized moments,” said Tina Brown, the editor of Newsweek. Magazine Covers About 9/11 2011-09-09T23:30:24Z The sound of bone crushing under the force of the metal is swallowed by Coussot’s agonizing screams. Louisiana’s hidden history: The former slave who became an executioner 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Redmayne portrayed the young, increasingly disillusioned assistant to Rothko, the abstract expressionist who agonizes over whether to accept a lucrative commission for the Four Seasons restaurant in New York City. "Red," "Memphis" win big at the Tonys 2010-06-14T03:39:00Z He also chronicled Raisa's battle with leukemia, describing agonizing days at her bedside, and tells of the stroke she suffered when a group of hardliners briefly ousted Gorbachev during an August 1991 coup attempt. Gorbachev issues new book, laments illnesses 2012-11-13T19:43:17Z Women fought hard for the choices that we are agonizing over right now. Motherlode Blog: The Choice to Stay Home: No Pressure 2012-05-02T00:19:38Z There’s footage of him agonizing over the idea. ‘Only in Theaters’ Review: A Family Business in Changing Times 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z It’s an agonizing wait for the jury’s decision. Book review: John Grisham’s ‘Gray Mountain’ is a searing look at Big Coal The ad is at once tender and agonizing, intimate and universal, anxious and peaceful. Perspective | Why a pro-abortion-rights candidate ran an ad where she gives birth 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z “Now is not the time to agonize,” he added. Artists Reckon With Trump’s Inauguration 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Doctors and nurses agonized over putting their families at risk, and dealt with intense burnout and pay cuts. One Year Together, Apart 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z It’s been nearly two years since the last season, a production decision that made the typical yearlong wait between seasons even more agonizing. Winter is here. ‘Game of Thrones’ returns April 14 for its final season. Here’s what to expect. 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Then there was a conundrum that I sadly agonize over with even the shortest, most routine of journeys: what route to take. Bird Song, Sirens and Saxophones for a Stroll Between Museums 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z His contribution is to act — playing predator priests, in what must be agonizing feats of impersonation — in two segments. ‘Procession’ Review: Art as Exorcism 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z It's as if she's fulfilled by Mildred's agonized reaction -- as if it meant more to her than the tryst itself, which of course it did. A grand finale for "Mildred Pierce" 2011-04-11T13:01:00Z Scene after scene is poignant and agonizing, and it’s the patients, finally, who are blunt about their situations. Review: ‘Being Mortal’ and ‘The Forgotten Plague’ Explore Death and Disease 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Over a period of 20 years, she experienced a slow and often agonizing mental slide. New caregiving memoirs: wrestling with love and loss 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z What remains are men: scheming, agonizing, murdering men. Movie Review: ‘Caesar Must Die,’ by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 2013-02-05T22:49:07Z As an accident victim whose nearly every move is excruciating, Aniston lends the role an impressively agonized physicality and brings ace timing to the screenplay's welcome gallows humor. Jennifer Aniston has never looked worse or been better in 'Cake' 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Indeed, it was, and the tragedy of the siblings is showcased in the rousing and emotionally stressful finale which sees each Roy's arc collide and diverge with agonizing tension. The millennial anxieties of "Succession" and how each of the Roys tried and failed to cope 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z I was attempting to write the inaugural poem — agonizing, spinning in the thickets with the task at hand. In a Commanding Literary Voice, Maya Angelou Sang Out to the World 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z But, in one of the ballet studios at Lincoln Center, a pas de deux is being made, step after agonizing step. Dancers at Work: Alexei Ratmansky in the Studio with Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z But his agonized choice between blowing her career and caving in to her addiction is shockingly easy to understand. Newsboys Striking, Garland Freaking: Broadway's Newsies and End of the Rainbow 2012-04-03T10:45:13Z By drawing, inch by agonizing inch, an unconscious pattern to the surface, one might discard it forever. Richard Rorty’s Philosophical Argument for National Pride 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z "They all had jewels, diamonds, sewn into their underwear, so their death was more agonizing than it might have been." Why can't we quit the royals? CNN's new series "The Windsors" show why they rule 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z They are ideal for New Yorkers who crave the introspection of meditation without all the sitting, and the physical exertion of yoga without the agonizing poses. Where Dancing, Not Drinking, Is the Point 2010-08-04T16:26:00Z Haneke judges no one for his or her reactions to this agonizing situation and actually wraps things up on an ambiguously hopeful note. Review: `Amour' delicately depicts difficult topic 2012-12-17T21:00:16Z This scenario is “a slow and agonizing one,” Mack says, “marked by increasing isolation, inexorable decay and an eons-long fade into darkness.” This Is How It All Ends 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z And it’s funny, because I feel like a lot of people in the music press and the music industry really agonize over the state of American pop. The Year in Pop: Viral Stardom and Martial Dance Music 2012-12-28T17:07:10Z Indeed, so many of us did in the ensuing years that you will barely find agonized Francises, at least not privileged white ones, onstage anymore. What’s Next for the Great Gay Play? Everything. 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z And the words I had agonized over landed with a thud, drawing nothing more than a couple of perplexed glances and some snickers. ’90s Sitcoms Shaped Me as an Immigrant Child. What if They Hadn’t? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It was an agonizing period in his life. The Woman at the Heart of Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Davis agonized over how much detail to alter, whether to keep an occasional “etc.,” and how much breathable white space to dilate Flaubert’s dense paragraphs with. For Lydia Davis, Language Is Character 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z “Luke Cage,” the third installment, finds him lying low in Harlem and agonizing over his superhuman powers as he rebuilds his life after his failed relationship with Jessica. Leading Roles: Four Actors to Watch This Season 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Kelly recounted the agonizing moments when several media outlets inaccurately reported that Giffords was dead. AP Exclusive: Giffords vows return to Congress 2011-11-04T17:36:10Z Adult siblings agonize over an aging parent’s finances and well-being. Review: Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher, at Home in ‘Bright Lights’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novella, the story delves into questions of identity, psychosis and self-preservation with absurd and sometimes agonizing humor. | A Comedy Director Gets Serious 2014-05-02T21:15:47Z Happy, healthy, satisfied couples heading in a mutually agreeable direction just don’t agonize over their relationships the way you’re picking apart yours. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Oh, pish posh, he’s not gay. He just likes to watch gay porn. 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z From the first strike, all we do is wait with them for the inevitable — a prolonged and agonizing wait that makes the piece a tension rather than an action drama. Review: ‘Between Worlds,’ With English National Opera, Addresses 9/11 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z The apparent effortlessness of Sempe's style belies the agonizing, painstaking, almost torturous work that goes into each drawing. Paris pays homage to its biggest fan, Sempe 2011-10-20T11:47:08Z Theo’s father, Sir Aubrey, retreats into morose solitude and an obsession with the house, meticulously chronicling its history and agonizing over its crippling tax burden. ‘We That Are Left’ review: Can the British manor house survive? 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z As I agonize over finding another potential sleep position, I hear a man nearby sneeze and remember to shut my mouth. How to survive 12 hours on a plane while wedged into your coach-class seat 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z There’s an agonizing fulcrum where you imagine what a Black church might have done for Gifty and her family, how the story of their life in America might have been different. In Yaa Gyasi’s New Novel, a Young Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family’s Pain 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z The novels he agonized over met only rejection letters. For Crime Novelist Lou Berney, a Winding Path Led to ‘November Road’ 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z And when what we want is as paltry as what you want, why spend a lot of time agonizing about it? Can I Stage an Intervention for a Near-Stranger’s Alcoholism? 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Spears continued, saying the abortion she underwent remains “one of the most agonizing things I have ever experienced in my life.” The 8 biggest bombshells in Britney Spears’ forthcoming memoir, “The Woman in Me” 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Most are former military or paramilitary personnel seeking a two-state solution to Israel’s agonized convulsions. Review: ‘Disturbing the Peace’ Profiles Israelis and Palestinians United Against Violence 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z The piece turns very dark — you quickly start to read the signs of painful shyness on Baltz's increasingly agonized face. Boundless talent in 'Sky's the Limit' 2011-07-18T22:25:00Z And in the middle of it all, agonizing over treatment protocols and watching his patients struggle with tremendous existential and physical pain, was the author himself. Review: Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Gene,’ a Molecular Pursuit of the Self 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z The larger, more agonizing question here, though, involves what it means to live in a divided, profoundly isolating world that relentlessly drives a wedge between the self and others. Review: In ‘Burning,’ Love Ignites a Divided World 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It's a melodrama, in which people who barely know each other claim to love one another and agonize over a supposedly lifelong decision. Why is the third season of "Love Is Blind" so disappointing? Because we seen its type before 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s agonizing to witness the degree of suffering that this movie documents, all the more so because the pandemic is still ongoing. ‘The First Wave’ Review: How to Fight a Virus 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The two friends grow up and experience the classic predicaments and struggles of girlhood: They fight with their parents, fall in love — sometimes with the wrong people — and agonize over the trajectory of their futures. Review | Naomi Krupitsky’s ‘The Family’ is a Mafia tale with a unique perspective 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z It was a depressing foster situation and beyond that it was an agonizing night when my wife asked a co-worker to visit our house for a private and dignified euthanasia. How many pets can we save? 2013-04-18T01:30:00Z She told me that the decision was not an agonizing one. Did the media overstep by crowning Clinton the nominee? 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Even Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall, ultimately a triumph, suffered agonizing delays and fundraising crises and took nearly 15 years to complete. The new Broad museum, though efficiently designed, really only comes alive on the periphery 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z In Watts’s telling of the Roman Republic’s agonizing death, slow-moving structural transformations gradually sowed the seeds of demise. What the Fall of the Roman Republic Can Teach Us About America 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z Fifty years after the Watts riots, and amid a national focus on black victims of police shootings, “the movie acknowledges the larger agonizing picture,” Manohla Dargis wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Saturday 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z But it was no less agonizing to see Mosley’s dreams of becoming that cufflinks man crushed to pieces. Downton Abbey Watch: Missing In Action 2012-01-23T14:00:44Z The opening of the Broad this month will mark a major evolutionary leap forward in this long, sometimes agonized process. As the Broad museum opens, a broader look at Grand Avenue development 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z A matching, agonized frustration contorts the features of Ms. Pill’s Annie as she literally wrestles her pupil into submission. Theater Review | 'The Miracle Worker': Taming a Child by Setting Her Free 2010-03-04T03:22:00Z I see the parents so clearly in my mind's eye, parallels sharp through time and space, agonizing over their circumstances as I agonize over mine. A love letter to Roe and my first pregnancy 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z Don't remember any of them agonizing about it beforehand either. When It Comes to a Veil, Brides Can Take It or Leave It 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Britain is not the only country whose choral world is agonizing over whether to include girls. After 350 Years of Tradition, a Boys’ Choir Now Admits Girls 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z He vowed that he could free me from the agonizing aubade of a hangover. The Sorcerer of Shaken and Stirred 2011-03-16T05:31:02Z What’s more remarkable is that the teenage Coward had an uncanny sense of the agonizing friction between artistic ambitions and domestic life. ‘The Rat Trap’ Review: Together for Better, but Mostly for Worse 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z |
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