ordeal

Example Sentences

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Once home in Somerset, their ordeal continued as medical bills started to arrive.

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One says its officers mocked her when she reported her ordeal.

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"You are very much in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope that you will now be able to rest and recover from this devastating ordeal."

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"Life put a man on my path who has the same values, the same principles as me - and who has also been through many ordeals in his life."

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With a decent therapist, I will eventually recover from the whole ordeal with my mother.

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