ordeal

While some families were relieved they would be spared the ordeal of a trial, others told me they had wanted to see him questioned in court about what had happened to their loved ones.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

As a wound care nurse, he immediately shifted into professional mode, assessing and managing his injury throughout the ordeal.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

After more than a month at sea, Sato’s ordeal ended last week when the crew of a shipping vessel operated by Pasha Hawaii spotted and rescued him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

After a seemingly never-ending ordeal, he was released in October 2024 as part of a prisoner swap.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

“To make a trial of their wits and an ordeal of their judgment,” he said as if he relished confusion itself.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

In the climatic entry in Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s Icelandic trilogy about a boy’s passage through ordeals on land and sea, the battered young hero takes refuge in a village.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

I never forgot how lucky I am to be here considering the horrors she experienced during World War II and her ordeals trying to give us a good life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

That might be more feature than bug, but I can’t say I felt much of anything for the characters, or was concerned whether the Bowdens would emerge from their ordeals a stronger family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Bobruiko now helps document the ordeals of other detained civilians and works with an NGO called "Numo, Sestry!" or Come on, my sisters!

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

“It is a difficult road you’ve taken, one riddled with hardships and painful ordeals, but then again, you are difficult children.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall