excruciation

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.

Look at the fun and frivolity, for it distracts from the excruciation.

Because this stretching of time, the refusal to just say it, opens up a space in which we’re forced to live — sometimes to the point of excruciation — with emotions that would normally pass in seconds.

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

That late afternoon might have dwelled in your head as a singular excruciation.