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excruciation

[ik-skroo-shee-ey-shuhn] / ɪkˌskru ʃiˈeɪ ʃən /




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Every time she talks it’s pure excruciation, and she never stops talking.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

No, it also offered a vivid glimpse of excruciation, if that’s your thing.

From Washington Post May 19, 2019

It’s nice to imagine the Loki-lovers streaming this masterpiece of English upper-middle-class excruciation.

From The Guardian May 17, 2018

Only the servant bound by duty would submit to such excruciation.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2016

His calves were before me; and I waited in excruciation for discovery.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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