| He was lying on a carriage, his respirations were slow, spasmodic, described as agonal. |
| This is why I prefer to list the agonal case as a sub-category within ethical-hermeneutical dialogue. |
| To the three main modalities mentioned so far one may wish to add as a fourth category that of agonal dialogue or contestation. |
| The textbooks recommend a full minute of listening, but I've often done it for longer – afraid that I'd miss an agonal gasp, or one final, feeble beat of the heart. |
| In small mammals, intussusception may be caused by enteritis, prokinetic drugs, or exercise, or it may be an agonal event. |
| She was entering what is called the agonal phase — taken from the Greek agon, which means struggle — a period that precedes death and can last from a few minutes to hours. |
