It's the way the American ending makes the title excruciatingly literal that's funniest.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A cancer-weakened vertebra fractured, excruciatingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Way to Treat the Dying] Reference

This was an excruciatingly difficult story to report.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lessons From South Africa] Reference

It could be an excruciatingly long day on Wall Street.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2008] Reference

All eventually result in excruciatingly painful death.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 24, 2002] Reference

First of all, the race has gotten excruciatingly tight.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2008] Reference

Both remain corrupt, chaotic and excruciatingly complex.    From Wordnik.com.  [Indonesia As the New India] Reference

"The pictures are excruciatingly ghastly," one Tory said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tories offer support to William Hague despite concerns over poor judgment] Reference

One has to be excruciatingly circumspect in one's inquiries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference

On some sets, the widgets can be excruciatingly slow to load.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

It is an excruciatingly painful disease, and totally invasive.    From Wordnik.com.  [PIGEONS] Reference

None of which mattered at this excruciatingly sanitized gathering.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvey Wasserman: Glenn Beck Could Happen Here] Reference

It was an excruciatingly long process full of bureaucratic hurdles.    From Wordnik.com.  [State Dept. sponsors trip for imam connected to N.Y. mosque project] Reference

And sometimes excruciatingly painful to be alone in a sea of couples.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Kick From Champagne] Reference

But most excruciatingly of all, Bahaa was forced to leave his parents.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2007] Reference

Two hours of bad buildup to Phil Gramm's excruciatingly boring lecture.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Feast Of Hate And Fear] Reference

Puffat's excruciatingly agonizing gangrenous leg was kicked repeatedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference

And if it's excruciatingly close, then once again, it could hurt the Democrats.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 29, 2004] Reference

In the later stages of the disease, bone rubs and grates excruciatingly on bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arthritis: What It Is, Why You Get It, And How To Stop The Pain] Reference

And that has been so excruciatingly frustrating for the family members, especially.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2008] Reference

Tickets are excruciatingly expensive, responsibilities too crucial to be neglected.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jessica Yorkin: How Country Living Calms Your Conscience] Reference

COOPER: Well, overcoming drug addiction is time consuming and excruciatingly painful.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2004] Reference

But doing that without eviscerating AT&T's per-share profits was excruciatingly difficult.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Simple Plan (Part Ii)] Reference

But once again, I think we need to remember how terribly close, excruciatingly close, it is.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: When Will America Know Who its Next President Will Be? - December 4, 2000] Reference

It was a terrifying, profound, powerful, transformative and excruciatingly boring experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2006] Reference

This, while it was excruciatingly painful, both at the time and afterwards, saved him his feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference

ELLEN MACARTHUR, YACHTSWOMAN: There were some times out there that were excruciatingly difficult.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2005] Reference

His head was aching excruciatingly; fever throbbed in his body and a heavy weariness overcame him.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Son of the Hills] Reference

That's excruciatingly uncomfortable, not something that you would wish on anybody but a contortionist.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2003] Reference

The work in this picture is extremely good, and it is excruciatingly funny without intending to be so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference

That would have been alarming in any case, and this particular form of delirium was excruciatingly painful.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Invader A Novel] Reference