At a certain moment a royal Bengal tiger appeared swimming towards it, reached it, and lay panting like a dog upon the ground in the midst of the people, still possessed by such an agony of terror that one of the Englishmen could calmly step up with a rifle and blow out its brains. (religion-online.org)
For two months he was tortured with such an agony as led him at times to gnash his teeth in impotent rage against God and man. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
And yet we contort ourselves into such agony, in the effort to deny ourselves, in the name of being set free. (nakedpastor.com)