ordeal

Example Sentences

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Kevin said the aftermath of the fatal crash, which included a post-mortem, was a further ordeal.

From BBC

The family of a teenager who died in a car crash have described their "unimaginable" ordeal after being mistakenly told their son had survived.

From BBC

He displays a remarkable lack of bitterness and enormous dignity, given his ordeal by newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal

More details of their ordeals have since emerged in the days since Monday morning.

From BBC

He was still wearing what he slept in — black shorts and a T-shirt — when the agents arrested him, he told The Times in his first interview with a news outlet since his ordeal began.

From Los Angeles Times