"You must have had an agonizing week," he said.

It was one more disappointment in an agonizing week for Conner.

In the Red River valley, residents who were flooded from their homes had an agonizing week waiting for the high waters to retreat.

Two agonizing weeks later, she was shocked that she never did.

After an agonizing week of contradictory signals, the Bush administration stepped forward yesterday to do just that with a pointed and powerful speech by the president.

Off the coast, but still in sight of England, they were be- calmed for six agonizing weeks.

The latter surrounded his army on a hilltop for two agonizing weeks.

It began with an agonizing four weeks of a maintenance diet that assessed the subjects' metabolism and caloric needs.

Oh, maybe another day of misery or a few agonizing weeks, but she was going to die.

Stuart went through a few agonizing weeks waiting to find out if he had passed all his exams.