excruciation

Example Sentences

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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

Their three African predecessors in quarterfinals — Cameroon in 1990, Senegal in 2002 and Ghana in 2010 — all went to extra time before their closing defeats riddled with excruciation.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022

It sacked Tiger Woods, who went in the water and triple-bogeyed it on the way to his 79 in what looked like quite some excruciation and preceded his withdrawal from the event come Saturday evening.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

It’s no surprise that she’s a big fan of Larry David, the master of social excruciation.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 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