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Discover LudwigThe phrase "excruciating for" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to describe something that causes intense physical or emotional pain or suffering. Example: Watching my team lose the championship game was excruciating for me; I felt like my heart was being ripped out.
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The delays have been excruciating for many.
The wait has been excruciating for all three.
However excruciating for her, it could be highly edifying for the rest of us.
"The light was excruciating for the first year that I lived here," Ms. Rothenberg said.
These chases can be excruciating for everyone: the player, his family, the news media.
The longer it persists, the more farcical, unfair – and excruciating for students – this requirement becomes.
"We would not want any further harm done and it would be excruciating for the accusers.
Now every movement is excruciating, for her to make and for me to watch.
The politics of the show are excruciating for anyone with a progressive bent.
Lunchtime at school can be lonely and excruciating for any 10-year-old.
Think of it as painful but not excruciating, for now anyway.
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