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Ordeal
"Ordeal" in a Sentence (14 examples)
Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.
Tom told Mary about last night's ordeal.
Tom couldn't talk about his ordeal with anyone.
Tom has been through quite an ordeal.
Speaking in public was an ordeal for Tom.
I'm sorry I can't be by your side during this painful ordeal.
It'll be a long ordeal.
Their ordeal is over.
Tom's ordeal was far from over.
It was a frustrating ordeal.
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trial by ordeal
“And do you realize that in a few shakes I've got to show up at dinner and have Mrs Cream being very, very kind to me? It hurts the pride of the Woosters, Jeeves.” “My advice, sir, would be to fortify yourself for the ordeal.” “How?” “There are always cocktails, sir. Should I pour you another?” “You should.”
All the same, nearly eight hours on the footplate covering a distance of 320 miles, with an ambient temperature of up to 103° for much of the time, proved an ordeal which I would not lightly undertake again.
Arsène Wenger confessed: "The result was not an accurate indication of the match." Certainly, at half-time it seemed unlikely that Arsenal would catch fire so spectacularly because the first half was a damp squib of a display from Wenger's team, as Newcastle initially showed no ill-effects from their Old Trafford ordeal.
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