Sentence examples for excruciating standoff from inspiring English sources

Are we going to have to endure some kind of excruciating standoff between the two of them over several episodes, only to see them joyfully reconciled (over Mini-Den's twitching corpse?) at Christmas time?

Excruciating boredom?

Excruciating, too.

It was always excruciating".

Walking became excruciating.

Driving was excruciating.

The misses are excruciating.

Exquisite victory, excruciating defeat.

The boredom is excruciating.

It's excruciating.

The suspense is excruciating.