I find them embarrassing to the point of excruciation.
From the artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com
They not only have to experience the excruciation of deferred tax computations and the related disclosures, but also the relatively new rules on accounting for uncertain tax positions.
From the forbes.com
Memories of his Elgarian debut 27 years ago seem to hail from another epoch, as Nige cooks up yet another excruciation for whom one can only imagine are ardent music haters.