1.   But the unrelenting telephone calls, not only from the president but from a parade of Democrats in Washington and Illinois, made it an excruciating decision.

2.   Despite the fact that he and Ted had not seen each other in six years, David Kaczynski was tormented by the excruciating decision to turn his brother in.

3.   Facing two rounds of chemotherapy before the transplant, Huckleberry and her husband made the excruciating decision to terminate the pregnancy.

4.   He draws from his own experience in prison, citing the time he had to make an excruciating decision involving the freedom of his wife and brother.

5.   The release of the prisoners, in particular, was for me an excruciating decision.