After a few moments there was nothing, another agonizing moment before the ramjets caught.

For an agonizing moment the bottom mud refused to release its grip.

For an agonizing moment, he was eight years old again and had just lost his family for a second time.

Something unseen brought her up short and, for long, agonizing moments, she gazed around the main floor.

For a long, agonizing moment, the faces on the screen remained angry.

For a long, agonizing moment, they all watched in silence as the tractor beam did its work.

The snake saw her, and for an agonizing moment each stared into the eyes of the other.

Then he kicked upward and broke the surface after an agonizing moment.

For a long, agonizing moment Serena stared into her mother's open, lifeless eyes.

For one agonizing moment she thought he was dead.