What does anguishing mean?
Anguishing means present participle and gerund of anguish.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of anguish.
Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.
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Anguishing means present participle and gerund of anguish.
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Given Mr. Kissinger’s firsthand experience in the anguishing decisions about withdrawal from Vietnam, the disclosure sparked the inevitable Iraq-Vietnam comparisons that Mr. Bush has assiduously sought to avoid.
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