Agonisingly

Tom, one-on-one with the goalkeeper, could only drag the ball agonisingly wide of the far post.

Having only the keeper to beat, Tom dragged the ball agonisingly wide of the far post.

The hour while I waited for the pain medication to take effect dragged on agonisingly.

Bradley Johnson could not find his team-mate with a through ball but Antonio Valencia slipped, putting Pilkington clean through, only for the former Huddersfield man to shoot agonisingly wide.

We were shooting in Pittsburgh, and there were some rudeboys looking at us, like [agonisingly broad Jamaican accent]: “Ya shoodent be shoe-ting ere.” So we’re driving around in this grim area of Pittsburgh and I start talking in this over-the-top Jamaican accent.