1.   After several agonizing hours, Bressingham and others helped free him.

2.   Homework assignments took many agonizing hours.

3.   Hour after agonizing hour, families huddled Thursday in the First Christian Church, waiting for word of their loved ones.

4.   In the agonizing final hours, News Corp regained its lead and sailed brilliantly, finding what little breeze was available and covering potential passing lanes.

5.   It was about six agonizing hours before Jones heard from her daughter again.

6.   Martina Hingis sat in traffic for one agonizing hour Tuesday afternoon getting to the U.S. Open.

7.   Those with family and friends in an airplane crash abroad wait agonizing hours to learn the fate of their loved ones.

8.   For several agonizing hours, he struggled to keep his ship afloat.