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be in agony

experience extreme pain

If you are in agony, you are experiencing extremely severe physical or emotional pain.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

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How are your knees after the hike?

Honestly, I'm in agony.

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After the accident, he was in agony until the ambulance arrived.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I was in an agony after the operation.

Say: I was in agony after the operation.

In this fixed expression, use "in agony" without an article before "agony."

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How it fits in a sentence.

be in agony; be in agony with pain

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After the accident, he was in agony until the ambulance arrived.

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be in agony

experience extreme pain

“After the accident, he was in agony until the ambulance arrived.”

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