Word: anguish
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...German Kaiser) who was seated between two of his British uncles who were wearing kilts. "The little boy amused himself by sinking his teeth and his nails alternately into the bare legs of his relatives . . . [who] were only restrained by the solemnity of the occasion from uttering cries of anguish...
Five members of The Foxes' Broadway cast play their original roles in the cinema version. They are of immense help to the slick production, especially Patricia Collinge, whose portrait of the well-bred, gentle wife of one of Regina's villainous brothers is played with a poignant anguish that is not in the repertory of most Hollywood actresses...
...approach of the second World War was foreseen by none more clearly, or with deeper anguish, than by those Germans who had a sense of the old tradition of the common European heritage and a knowledge of international affairs. They saw in Sir Robert the one hope of peace...
...conclusions (to abolish the clarinet, to send bands playing into modern battle aboard tanks and trucks) last week came in for criticism in Congress. Said Ohio's Representative George H. Bender: "Picture the possibilities. As the tank dips into a sharp and unexpected hollow, the cries of anguish from the perturbed saxophone players would probably frighten the enemy to a quick and decisive retreat, unless the soldiers themselves would first throw up their guns in anguish to shut their ears. Having seen some of the tanks in action recently in camp maneuvers, we can understand Mr. Stokowski...
...brooding, high-strung adolescent, destined to seek feverishly the meaning of his own life. Antoine is an egoistic, hard-minded doctor, devoted to his work and proud of being a man of action. Theirs and a half-dozen other lives wind around one another like raw nerves, in alternating anguish, ecstasy, dullness, peace...