ordeal
Example Sentences
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The ordeal eventually led Ms. Müller to emigrate to West Berlin in 1987, a bureaucratic torment that she describes here in deliberately tedious detail, to mirror the experience.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
But getting the mangoes into the U.S. is still an ordeal.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Millan told Urbina the ordeal could be settled over a virtual hearing with U.S. immigration authorities.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
The whale's ordeal has sparked a media frenzy -- with non-stop coverage from TV channels, online outlets and social media influencers -- but has also led to angry spats and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Since that afternoon I dreaded even the sound of her voice down the house telephone, and by using Robert as mediator between us I was spared this last ordeal.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Vocabulary lists containing ordeal
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