How to Use excruciate in a Sentence

excruciate

verb

• When the block wore off the next day, the pain in my eye and head was excruciating and required strong pills for relief.
  — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018
• The stories of his torture at the hands of the Vietnamese were -- and are -- excruciating.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 19 July 2017
• She was trapped alone along the side of the highway in excruciating pain, the department said.
  — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 3 Feb. 2020
• The 2½-hour running time felt excruciating while waiting for the movie to pick up speed.
  — Ashley Zlatopolsky, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2017
• By the day of the appointment, the patient had excruciating pain in his shoulders and hips.
  — Lisa Sanders, New York Times, 5 June 2019
• But the truth is, waking up in the morning is excruciating.
  — Rebecca Renner, Glamour, 15 Feb. 2018
• The last two years of Ariana Grande’s life have been full of triumph, tragedy and excruciating heartache.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 19 July 2019
• The nerves on half his face are destroyed, leaving him in excruciating pain.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 9 Jan. 2018
• Counting down the days until the September 20th premiere of the Downton Abbey movie has been excruciating, to say the least.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2019
• Yet within just days, the excruciating back pain had eased.
  — Laurie McGinley, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2017
• This didn’t come with countless nights of excruciating pain, swelling, and mental agony.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 22 May 2019
• West then channeled that excruciating pain into the purest form of art, his music.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Nov. 2017
• From excruciating nerve pain in my face, muscle spasms, full body rash, extreme swelling... etc.
  — Katina Beniaris, Country Living, 14 Apr. 2017
• But the performances are winning, the characters are strong and the tennis scenes—while in need of editing—are not excruciating.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• In excruciating pain, Mr. Davydov grabbed a piece of bread from his table and threw it at the guards, supposedly breaking one’s nose.
  — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2020
• And some were killed or forced into exile after excruciating stints in prison and threats against their relatives and friends.
  — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2016
• The drug, Strensiq, treats a rare bone disease that afflicted her with excruciating pain and left her struggling to work or care for her family.
  — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2019
• But the adjustment made to her neck ultimately left Caitlin unable to move and in excruciating pain.
  — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• The holiday is on a Thursday, which means some people will plan for a long weekend, giving our poor dogs (and some cats) an excruciating four days of anxiety and stress.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 28 June 2019
• The attack shook the image of Japan as a safe and orderly society, as victims suffered excruciating pain, many of them sprawled on the streets and subway platforms.
  — Alastair Gale, WSJ, 6 July 2018
• Just weeks after getting her truck out of repo and starting a part-time job in the cafe at Sam’s Club, Pruett called 911 with an attack of excruciating abdominal pain.
  — Marcella Bombardieri, The Atlantic, 30 May 2018
• Being busted, even temporarily, from head coach for 24 seasons to Beavers fan proved to be just shy of excruciating.
  — Ron Richmond For The Oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• This daily regimen may not sound taxing, but the first couple of days were excruciating.
  — Robert Wright, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2017
• Keep in mind that the core tenet of Christianity is that God allowed his perfect son to endure excruciating pain and death to secure the forgiveness of others' sins.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2017
• In the early days of the project, the process of chatting with every problematic user was excruciating, Tarawneh says, but the community couldn’t afford to skip it.
  — Alice Su, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2014
• Waiting to learn who fatally shot his only child — along with her mother and teen sister — has been excruciating.
  — Peggy O’Hare, ExpressNews.com, 7 Feb. 2020
• In turning to drugs like midazolam, some judges have found, states took the risk of subjecting condemned inmates to excruciating pain.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2017
• This gives way to another story, about a long, excruciating car ride to a fateful wedding, with Sheeran driving Bufalino and their wives over a few days.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 13 Nov. 2019
• Women talked about excruciating pain and fighting to survive for their children.
  — USA Today, 14 Nov. 2019
• At 20 weeks, the unborn child has a fully developed nervous system that can feel the excruciating pain of abortionists' cutting tools.
  — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 29 Apr. 2018

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