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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2016

I find them embarrassing to the point of excruciation.

From New York Times • May 2, 2013

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