With agonizing effort, I pushed the door open sufficiently so that she might come inside.

But his nine-strikeout performance in six and one-third innings became an agonizing effort.

Taylor closed her eyes and rested after the agonizing effort.

With an agonizing effort, he moved one hand to rub the caked blood out of his eyes.

He drew in a breath, and it was an agonizing effort.

It took an agonizing effort to lift his head and look down the passage.

He made a desperate, agonizing effort to wrench the top half of his body free.

After a desperate, agonizing effort, her surroundings seemed to fade.

It had taken a great and agonizing effort for him to speak with such authority.

With agonizing effort, he forced out the words.