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Or the torturingly slow rate at which you're required to walk, as if wading through treacle?

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012

Sounds of mirth fell torturingly upon Beulah's bleeding spirit, and she pressed her fingers tightly over her ears.

From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

What kind of justice was this which delayed so long, so torturingly long?

From How Women Love (Soul Analysis) by Nordau, Max Simon

Sin assumed a thousand guises, assailed him through his eyes and ears, flew boldly at his throat, leaped treacherously upon his shoulders, or stole torturingly into his bones.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

The thought made him uneasy, and caused the vigil which followed to appear torturingly long.

From Frank Merriwell's Reward by Standish, Burt L.