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Recent Examples of excruciate Among other problems the inspection report listed: One resident with a fractured pelvis spent hours in excruciating pain because workers didn’t get the person medications. oregonlive, 24 Apr. 2020 Sometimes their grandchildren are excruciated and appalled by what’s meant to be lightly funny. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020 Exposed, incapacitated, and in excruciating pain, laboring moms rely on other people—doctors, nurses, midwives, doulas, and especially their partners—for help and support. Minhae Shim Roth, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2020 One poor woman is left in excruciating pain for 24 hours, and Meredith’s ex-boyfriend Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti) accuses the relative of a patient of being a human trafficker. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 20 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for excruciate
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  • In 1988, a catastrophic heat wave and drought plagued the United States, killing thousands of people and triggering over $80 billion in damage.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Getty Images The Department of Education posted a new update on Monday on massive application backlogs plaguing several federal student loan forgiveness and repayment programs.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • The former human-rights lawyer entered on a tourist visa and filed for political asylum in October of that year, claiming the governments that succeeded Correa were persecuting him.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The decree eliminated many of the civil liberties in Germany, opening the way for the Nazis to persecute their opponents.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Health advocates fear this could lead to higher rates of illness among children, which could worsen the health care disparities that already afflict the Black community.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Measles is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease caused by a virus that primarily and most severely afflicts children.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Consequently, the unit’s members film themselves torturing and executing Palestinians.
    Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The number paid respects to Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was tortured and killed because of his sexuality in 1998.
    Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Another week, another young quarterback with minimal experience for Flores to torment.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Josh Allen is familiar with Aaron Glenn, having tormented his defense last year.
    Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Through the first-person narration of his protagonist, Nicholas, a teenager suddenly besieged by anxiety, Clune conveys with uncanny vividness what a panic attack feels like.
    Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Israel tried to take over Gaza City before in this war, besieging it and launching raids in its streets, but tens of thousands of people remained.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Excruciate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excruciate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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