This is made excruciatingly difficult, because the girl's father dies in a car accident on his wedding night.

It is an excruciatingly difficult set of choices, and one he will face sooner rather than later.

As excruciatingly difficult as the last two weeks have been, I welcome the opportunity to clear my name today.

Now they only made it excruciatingly difficult to appear calm.

Japanese who want to drive large motorcycles must pass an excruciatingly difficult test administered by the police.

It is excruciatingly difficult for them to become part of the criminal justice system.

It is, to be sure, an excruciatingly difficult, confounding story.

In such a small town, organizing the next leg of the trip was going to be excruciatingly difficult.

As a result, every question today seemed to be excruciatingly difficult.

But the job has been made excruciatingly difficult by nine Senate Democrats.