Ordeal means: A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accuse... Related words include experience or trial. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Ordeal in practice.
Ordeal in a sentence
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Ordeal meaning
- A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
- A painful or trying experience.
- The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean.
Synonyms of Ordeal
Example sentences (20)
In the days after their Darién ordeal, she bolted awake at night, having dreamed of falling off a steep muddy hill.
The actor took to his Instagram page to narrate the ordeal, which has left him and some of his colleagues devastated.
Senator Orji Uzor Kalu failed to fight back tears as he recalled the ordeal that landed him in prison for some months.
The girl's friends played music in the back of the van as Chetter took part in the sordid ordeal, a court heard.
He told Sandilands and Henderson the ordeal had 'hurt' him and he had poured half a million dollars into the restaurant.
A specialized water rescue team was dispatched to save the trapped people, who were uninjured in the ordeal.
Darren, who still bears the scars from his ordeal as a teenager, said: 'I think it is extreme to have those kind of views.
Det Ch Insp Bryan Burns said the victim and her family had shown "incredible courage and strength throughout this ordeal".
I sincerely apologize to everyone I've hurt or disappointed through this ordeal both publicly and privately.
He recounted his personal ordeal, where he and fellow detainees were subjected to unprecedented brutality.
An 18-year-old left-arm wrist spinner from Herat, Noor Ahmad, too is proving to be an ordeal to negotiate, let alone nullify.
Before Cuellar’s ordeal, the last violent attack on a U.S. representative happened in February when in her apartment building.
Gooch became emotional when thanking the public, mutual friends, and family during the harrowing ordeal.
The minister told lawmakers during a parliamentary briefing Tuesday that the ordeal had traumatized her.
After the ordeal, doctors said she cannot have any more children because the risk of death is too high.
But this would not be the end of the ordeal as further delays occurred when the plane landed at the Miami International Airport.
Chrisann was all prepared to get back her passport, and hoped to fly back to India last week putting the long ordeal behind her.
Or cookies can be a whole ordeal, like project-worthy linzer cookies that call for some helping hands.
Staff at the Felledge Animal Centre in County Durham, where he is being kept, say he is a happy and loving dog despite his ordeal.
If the family do manage to make it through the ordeal, they hope their travel insurance will cover the cost of the medical episode.
Common combinations with ordeal
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ordeal 59×
- her ordeal 18×
- ordeal and 12×
- his ordeal 12×
- an ordeal 11×
- their ordeal 11×
- ordeal as 10×
- ordeal in 10×
- whole ordeal 10×
- ordeal for 9×
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