Definition of Ordeal

a tough experience

Examples of Ordeal in a sentence

The eighteen-hour plane trip was an ordeal for my hyperactive toddler.  🔊

Even the experienced wedding planner found it quite an ordeal to plan and execute a ceremony in twenty-four hours.  🔊

The hostage endured a horrible ordeal under the hands of his abusive kidnappers.  🔊

For my teenage daughter going without her mobile phone for a day is a real ordeal.  🔊

While participating in the triathlon was a physical ordeal, Jeremy felt it made him a stronger person.  🔊

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