To agonize is to feel a lot of pain or suffering. When you agonize over a decision, you spend a lot of time thinking about it and trying to come up with a solution.
The patient was agonizing over the decision to have the surgery or not.
The athlete was agonizing over the decision to compete or not.
adjective
extremely painful
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For Jennings, the situation was agonizing.
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The King was in an agonizing fix.
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The disillusionment and disenchantment are agonizing.
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The agonizing pangs seized me.
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The place was filled with agonizing men.
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Love and hatred make people agonize.
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For baby boomers, the setback is especially agonizing.
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The agonizing question of possibility does not arise.
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The incident made the people agonize toward it.
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They did not agonize toward the problematic situation.