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  • "Anguished" belongs over here, " he said, pointing at the screen.

    1st to Die Patterson, James, 1947- 2001

  • Anguished families began appealing to the well-known Barton for information about their "darling" boys, often enclosing pictures and descriptions, historians say.

    Clara Barton's D.C. home and office may be converted into museum Michael E. Ruane 2010

  • Anguished mothers wait patiently with children wounded and wailing.

    Archive 2010-02-01 2010

  • Anguished rumours abounded on Twitter and elsewhere as South Africa contemplated the loss of its moral lodestar, an event that will be a national trauma.

    Concern for Nelson Mandela grows as ex-SA president remains in hospital 2011

  • Anguished, he hopes to “expire the term of a despised life.”

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

  • Anguished mothers wait patiently with children wounded and wailing.

    Like Hell Needs A Heat Wave... 2010

  • Anguished, he hopes to “expire the term of a despised life.”

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

  • Anguished people were weeping, screaming out the names of their relatives, yelling out questions about survivors, calling out for friends lost somewhere in the crowd.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • Because of a book about punctuation called Comma Sense: A FUN-damental Guide to Punctuation (get it? get it? wonder why book publishing is in a crisis?) that I co-authored with extremely famous grammarian guy Richard Lederer (author of the hilarious and bestselling Anguished English series), I sometimes get e-mails from people pondering perplexing punctuational problems.

    John Shore: When Punctuation Goes Terribly, Terribly Wrong 2010

  • Because of a book about punctuation called Comma Sense: A FUN-damental Guide to Punctuation (get it? get it? wonder why book publishing is in a crisis?) that I co-authored with extremely famous grammarian guy Richard Lederer (author of the hilarious and bestselling Anguished English series), I sometimes get e-mails from people pondering perplexing punctuational problems.

    John Shore: When Punctuation Goes Terribly, Terribly Wrong 2010

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