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These were days, one historian notes, of "excruciating uncertainty."
"I hit on this explanation while reluctantly overhearing the inane chatter of a man describing, into a hand-held mouthpiece, in excruciating detail, a friggin' haircut!
Those familiar with Safire's editorial style, reflected in his political columns on the editorial pages of The N. Y. Times , may agree with me in the contention that when he writes about language he seems to be writing on his day off: I cannot put my finger on why, but “On Language” always strikes me as an excruciating effort to be cute.
Senate Majority Leader Robert J. Dole, the laconic Kansan who for more than three decades in Congress has been to reluctant to draw attention to his wounds from World War II, returned today to a hospital building where he suffered excruciating pain and nearly died.
The act of making choices was clearly excruciating to him; that's why the choices he made are so memorable.