| Civil servants, ministers and the pensions industry agonised over how to interest the public in this arcane subject. |
| For years, gift-givers have agonised over what to buy relations who happen to be grumpy teenage boys. |
| Once we'd sobered up, we agonised most of all over the theft of the champagne. |
| But a surge in thefts of treasured relics from ancient temples and monuments has reached such a level that an agonised debate has begun over bringing back the death penalty. |
| The Rev Chris Swift, a parent himself, agonised over a form of words for a situation he hadn't faced before. |
| There is no doubt that this full exposure to experience incorporates involvement with pain, suffering, hardship, distress and agonised emotions. |
