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It was a difficult decision that she had to agonize over for a long time.

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It was a difficult decision that she had to agonize over for a long time.

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To agonize over something is to deeply and constantly worry about it. An example of a sentence using the word would be: Mary knew that she would agonize over the exam for the next week.

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The root word of "agonize" is "agon," which comes from the Greek word "agonizesthai," meaning to struggle or wrestle.

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To brood means "to contemplate with anxiety" or sometimes "worry" or "fret".

To agonize means either

  1. To suffer agony
  2. To struggle

...unless we add "about" or "over" which then is a synonym to brood.

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