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Example sentences for: ordeal

How can you use “ordeal” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Sullivan's more daring pronouncement that "this ordeal as a whole may be over" is likely to mislead sick people in need of hope.
Four years later, when Savonarola declined to test the validity of his apocalyptic prophesies with an ordeal by fire, he was arrested, hanged, and ironically burned on the Piazza della Signoria.
This lets us know how epic the designer's personal ordeal has been, how heroic his endurance.
, the headline is "Grace Under Fire: An intimate look at the deep bond of love that sustains the Clinton women through their painful family ordeal").
Worst of all, the toxic underwear from the barbecue sauce ordeal still smelled spicy.