How to Use ordeal in a Sentence

ordeal

noun

• The ordeal delayed the game briefly as players dropped to the field.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 15 Sep. 2023
• The whole ordeal has been a huge boost for the younger Brandon.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 17 July 2022
• The whole ordeal took about half an hour, and there were tears.
  — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
• Killing is what kicked off this whole ordeal in the first place.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2025
• First day on the snow, the Olympics, and surviving the ordeal to just get here.
  — Lori Nickel, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
• By the time the ordeal was over, Kilbane says she was hooked.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 17 Jan. 2023
• Add the stress of a fish fight, and trout can have a tough time surviving the ordeal.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 13 July 2023
• Still, the ordeal was enough for Dubrow to threaten leaving the show.
  — Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
• After the ordeal, the assailant dropped the victim at her car and left.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• And even those who feel the process was fair can often find it an ordeal.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• But the whole ordeal may have been too much for Speaker Gillett.
  — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• The ordeal ended when dawn came and the bats retreated to the attic.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• Their 6-year-old son was miles away, safe and sound during the whole ordeal.
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
• The whole ordeal has left her feeling changed for the better.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
• Minter said the ordeal with Brookside changed his life.
  — Ashley Remkus | [e-mail], al, 10 Feb. 2022
• Belle stayed on the phone with her father throughout the ordeal.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 13 Jan. 2023
• The republic got through the Trump ordeal, but only by the skin of our teeth.
  — Mark Medish, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• The father said his son lost his jacket, and that the boys' tent broke during the ordeal.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2023
• The ordeal prompted Haines to reach out to McCarthy's reps.
  — EW.com, 14 June 2024
• That, for me, has been the biggest takeaway from this whole ordeal.
  — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
• The deal would spare Boeing the ordeal of a public trial.
  — David Koenig, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2024
• That episode was the start of my ongoing health ordeal.
  — Carmen Cusido, refinery29.com, 20 June 2022
• Their first meeting was a love-at-first-sight ordeal—at least on John's end.
  — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Apr. 2022
• Check out this video and audio from the heart-racing ordeal.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 11 May 2022
• Just like the rest of the Twitterverse, musicians have had some thoughts about the ordeal.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2023
• Those in Lewiston are hoping to be able to heal after the ordeal.
  — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• Throughout the ordeal, Ryan said, an American flag waved stiffly in the 25-knot wind from the sub’s mast.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
• Goldberg-Polin said that the support of so many had been their source of strength during the ordeal of the past months nine months.
  — Sharon Altshul, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
• Over the years, my closet got more and more stuffed—so much so that getting dressed would sometimes turn into a take-everything-out-and-toss-it-on-the-bed-to-find-that-V-neck-sweater ordeal.
  — Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2025
• The five-hour ordeal ended after the hostage fled while retrieving water, prompting Akkad to chase him into the street, where he was hit by a police car.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025