"Terrible ordeal" refers to a very difficult and unpleasant experience or situation that someone has to go through.
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«I know from my own personal experience that some children adopted from care will have been
through terrible ordeals which do not just simply disappear once they have settled with their new families
Smith's character Andrea is going through a situation having to deal with losing her virginity to her football boyfriend, which evolves into a
pretty terrible ordeal where she gets sexually assaulted by the hippy Ron and some of his friends.
Those who survived
the terrible ordeal were usually those who were not totally at the mercy of their environment.
«It was
some terrible ordeal,» says John.
You got through
a terrible ordeal, and so did your baby.
By doing so, you are giving your child the best chance of moving beyond
this terrible ordeal.
He believes that the members who got the party in trouble — such as the London assembly candidate who wrote on his blog that «women enjoy sex, so rape can not be such
a terrible ordeal» — were government plants, designed to discredit the BNP.
It has been a terrible,
terrible ordeal to go through.
Bergdahl was captured by the Taliban and held prisoner for nearly five years,
a terrible ordeal to be sure.
Maybe it's not politically correct to write this, but think about
the terrible ordeals suffered by people held in prison camps.
Dozens of popular Hollywood actors lend their voices as they read the letters sent home written by many who would never live through
the terrible ordeal.
Identity theft is
a terrible ordeal for anyone to go through, but you can recover from it.
What
a terrible ordeal to go through.
Our vets operated to remove the pellets and he is now recovering from
his terrible ordeal.
Despite
her terrible ordeal, Princess -LSB-...]
Fortunately, both pets are fully recovered, and Deborah will be forever grateful that ACAF was able to help her through
this terrible ordeal.
I got to the beach really early and found a great spot where I could watch the penguins, who have been rescued and looked after by SANCCOB (An organisation who primarily save African Penguins and other threatened seabirds), finally released back into their natural habitat after
the terrible ordeals they had experienced.
The myth of St Christina describes that in order for her to save other peoples souls, she had to take on other peoples suffering by subjecting herself to
terrible ordeals such as climbing into burning ovens, falling from treetops only to appear unscathed hence earning the name «Christina the Astonishing».
Knowing you were always available to sort a problem was the very thing that kept us going throughout
this terrible ordeal.
Generic cover letters never make it through
the terrible ordeal that they go through at the hands of the decision makers.
Melissa — I am so sorry for
your terrible ordeal.