ordeal

Example Sentences

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He also said people going “through this horrible ordeal of cancer or other things” have realized that “this is something that makes them feel better.”

From MarketWatch

Within a few days, the internet had moved on, but for Ms Cabot, her ordeal had only just begun.

From BBC

Sarah, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is now in her 20s and spoke to the BBC about her ordeal.

From BBC

But this was still only the start of his ordeal – he told his mother he wished he had never woken up as he faced the prospect of learning the most basic of tasks again.

From BBC

It was an ordeal that inspired a refreshingly honest core of his latest hour titled, simply, “Life,” which focused on struggles with conception, IVF and new fatherhood.

From Los Angeles Times