excruciation
AmericanEtymology
Origin of excruciation
1610–20; < Late Latin excruciātiōn- (stem of excruciātiō )
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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
Look at the fun and frivolity, for it distracts from the excruciation.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2022
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
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