'ordeal' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'ordeal' with 3 example sentences.
- ordeal noun
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: a severe or trying experience
: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
I just went through an ordeal.
Bob has to get through this ordeal on his own.
It'll be a long ordeal.