How to Use agog in a Sentence

agog

adjective
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  • The town is agog over the plan.
  • The news has chemists agog.
  • Her supporters were agog at the idea.
  • Soon the garrison is agog with tales of Joan’s prowess.
    — Maureen Corrigan, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
  • My coworkers are agog, but trousers just aren’t my thing.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2021
  • And astronomers all over the world are collectively agog.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Today, no one walks into their dentist's office and looks agog at the X-ray machine.
    — Ophir Tanz, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Does the American public, war-weary and agog over celebrities and fluff, even care about suffering in the Middle East?
    — Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • My teenage self would have been agog — whole seasons on tap was surely witchcraft only Willow could pull off.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 27 Oct. 2022
  • But this isn't the first time royals watchers were agog at the uncanny resemblance between Harry and Philip.
    — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2021
  • While the internet remains agog over the new viral ‘Butter Board’ trend, snack board purists will remember the blueprint: the charcuterie board.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The Chinese internet has been agog with updates and discussion about the missing leopards.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 May 2021
  • Chances are the national events of recent weeks have left you somewhere on the spectrum from despairing to agog to pleased as punch, and at the very least weary of all that the past year’s political campaigning has drummed up and drawn out.
    — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2016
  • Local Dunkin’ customers — in between kvetching about some recent and unwelcome changes to the DD Rewards program — were agog at the offerings in the photo, few of which are available to customers here.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Now that Gucci is between creative captains once again, the audience will be similarly agog to discover the author of its next chapter.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2022
  • And the findings emerge when many Latter-day Saints and church observers are already agog at other recently reported multibillion-dollar figures associated with the faith’s wealth.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The town is agog over the plan.
  • The news has chemists agog.
  • Her supporters were agog at the idea.
  • Soon the garrison is agog with tales of Joan’s prowess.
    — Maureen Corrigan, WSJ, 5 Aug. 2022
  • My coworkers are agog, but trousers just aren’t my thing.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2021
  • And astronomers all over the world are collectively agog.
    — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Today, no one walks into their dentist's office and looks agog at the X-ray machine.
    — Ophir Tanz, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Does the American public, war-weary and agog over celebrities and fluff, even care about suffering in the Middle East?
    — Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, 27 Jan. 2018
  • My teenage self would have been agog — whole seasons on tap was surely witchcraft only Willow could pull off.
    — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 27 Oct. 2022
  • But this isn't the first time royals watchers were agog at the uncanny resemblance between Harry and Philip.
    — Lanford Beard, PEOPLE.com, 23 July 2021
  • While the internet remains agog over the new viral ‘Butter Board’ trend, snack board purists will remember the blueprint: the charcuterie board.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The Chinese internet has been agog with updates and discussion about the missing leopards.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 May 2021
  • Chances are the national events of recent weeks have left you somewhere on the spectrum from despairing to agog to pleased as punch, and at the very least weary of all that the past year’s political campaigning has drummed up and drawn out.
    — Cara Buckley, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2016
  • Local Dunkin’ customers — in between kvetching about some recent and unwelcome changes to the DD Rewards program — were agog at the offerings in the photo, few of which are available to customers here.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022

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