1.   For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.

2.   For Clinton, it must be an agonizing moment as he faces questions that are humiliating, embarrassing for his wife and daughter, and damaging to his presidency.

3.   Ervin had to wait several agonizing moments for the scoreboard to confirm his victory.

4.   First, Ervin had to wait several agonizing moments for the scoreboard to confirm his freestyle victory.