tortuous

"It was tortuous, it was not what we all expected. We were hoping for a triumphant run through the last round," he said.

In evidence, executive chairman of the nearby Hippodrome, Simon Thomas, said the noise was "tortuous" because of repeated sets and what the judge called "awful renditions".

Her father had spoken to countless reporters since then and it just so happened that I was interviewing him when 16 years of tortuous uncertainty were coming to an end.

City, however, will have to climb several levels if this painful, tortuous Champions League journey is to continue in the last 16.

If he digs back through the archives, Khusanov will find he is not the first January signing to endure a tortuous bow at Etihad Stadium.