excruciating
Example Sentences
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It lasted about 15 minutes—the longest, most excruciating period of my life—before I was able to make contact with my family.
Finally, after roughly 15 excruciating minutes, Ostrovsky got a message back from his wife.
"When you watch the finished product, for most actors, that's an excruciating experience. It's something you kind of have to go through."
From BBC
“That doesn’t mean you won’t be in excruciating pain. You probably will. It means you’re not going to break it worse, and the remedy is still the remedy.”
From Los Angeles Times
He must have been in excruciating pain, but he’s nothing if not stubborn.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
