How to Use excruciate in a Sentence

excruciate

verb
  • The nerves on half his face are destroyed, leaving him in excruciating pain.
    — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 9 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • This didn’t come with countless nights of excruciating pain, swelling, and mental agony.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 20 May 2019
  • This didn’t come with countless nights of excruciating pain, swelling, and mental agony.
    — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 22 May 2019
  • 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
  • West then channeled that excruciating pain into the purest form of art, his music.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Nov. 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
  • The stories of his torture at the hands of the Vietnamese were -- and are -- excruciating.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 19 July 2017
  • Here, every excruciating effect stress has on your weak, crumply body.
    — Chelsea Peng, Marie Claire, 1 Nov. 2017
  • 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
  • This daily regimen may not sound taxing, but the first couple of days were excruciating.
    — Robert Wright, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2017
  • Women talked about excruciating pain and fighting to survive for their children.
    — USA Today, 14 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 expectations for how and on what terms survivors speak out are excruciating and problematic.
    — Caroline Rothstein, Marie Claire, 3 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • The show is confirmed for two more seasons, which is exciting, but the limbo period between season one and season two has been excruciating.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • 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
  • For the families of victims like Jones, the resentencings have been excruciating.
    — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • But usually gout attacks only one joint — typically the one at the base of the big toe — causing excruciating pain, as well as redness and significant swelling.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
  • The other half is made of outright messy combat that ranges from bearable (during random street fights) to excruciating (during the too frequent, too similar, and too long boss battles).
    — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 6 June 2018
  • 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
  • The bench watched, minute after excruciating minute, shot after shot surrendered, the faces growing longer with each subsequent Bulls celebration, of which there were many.
    — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • 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

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