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"Though the journey was agonising, we thank our stars that the train did not run into another train, " an angry passenger said.

There was then an agonising period when both parents and doctors waited to see if it had worked.

After six months of agonising, Fukuda ignored her mother's misgivings and decided to accept Ozawa's offer.

The Yellow River has been reduced to "an agonising trickle" . It no longer reaches the sea for 200 days a year.

It was on the doorstep of the governor's office that his desperation finally exploded, unleashing his agonising personal protest.

The Bank of England's monetary-policy committee has been agonising for months over whether to raise them.

For the past two years, Chinese officials have been agonising over whether to allow trading of equity derivatives in the local market.

And yes, you could get run oer by a bus tomorrow, but chances are the bus wouldn't cause you a slow and agonising death.

The waiting was agonising . When the doctor arrived the next day, I hadn't slept.

And he was in the stands when Daley and his partner Peter Waterfield came an agonising fourth in the synchronized diving.

Norway's own data shows that at least one in five hunted whales suffers a long, agonising death.

The Bank of England has been agonising over whether to do so too.

The agonising decision faced by the parents of conjoined twins who share a heart. . . and must be separated.

In other words, emerging markets have adopted different policies, as well as ignoring the rich world's philosophical agonising. But why?

Manmohan Singh, the prime minister, says he feels like a schoolboy facing a series of agonising tests as scandals break one after another.

Retailers and manufacturers have been agonising over passing increased costs to consumers.

But he faced an agonising wait before learning whether he could assemble enough seats to command a Commons majority .

So agonising . My whacked soul have no aspiration .

to her subsequent and agonising distress , carrie was out.

It will be extremely hard for the Tories to win a second election after eight months of agonising austerity.

We've suffered an agonising seven years which has ruined the lives and health of my family.

Whether in Asia or the Arab world, an unknown number of women face an agonising problem having broken a deep taboo.

He was dreadfully sleepy, but he could not go to sleep for the agonising pain in his arm, which ached and would not be easy in any position.

Don't forget to come to me when you're no longer agonising.

Just after his agonising death, under police guard, on November 23rd, the poison that killed him was identified as radioactive polonium.

Instead you should try to rub the hurtful remarks from your mind , and stop the pointless agonising over whether you are in the right job .

For centuries rats have been blamed for spreading the Black Death, helping to consign millions of people to an agonising death.

Maitland was not terminally ill, but her arthritis was agonising, so who can blame her?

However , agonising over its trajectory has rarely paid dividends .

Lowy's Michael Wesley says the rapid growth of ties withChinamight "usher in a period of quite agonising choices" for its regional partners.

For now, Mr Bernanke seems willing to continue QE until June as planned, but may have some agonising to do thereafter.

UK team had some successes but one agonising failure when an 18-year-old girl died minutes away from rescue.

I don't give a fiddler's fart about some hippie morality agonising about nuclear technology.

Normally , such agonising would be a fair indication that it is time to buy .

Either way, Washington has an agonising choice.

The midfield star, 20, pledged his future to boss Arsene Wenger after agonising over whether to switch to the Bernabeu.

If we stopped agonising over small choices we could devote more energy to the really big decisions in life.

When they're together, which is most of the time, Kevin and April have agonising "cry talks" about the affair.

It's not all agonising bottom-work: you have fantastic daily massages and other treatments, toxin-removing foot baths or gentle exercise.

Rio Tinto's dilemma has been somewhat less agonising.

In recent days, however, Mr Armstrong has been agonising over how to present his views on space flight.

At the same time, he was admitted to hospital with agonising pancreatitis - an inflammation often caused by drink and drugs abuse.

As a result, their choices are agonising.

It can make you pain , beatific and agonising !

the pain in his arm became even more agonising

nikolushka cried from the agonising bewilderment that was rending his heart