Collocations for "ordeal"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ordeal" in context.
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ordeal
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- if I can (just) get through this ordeal
- this is such an ordeal!
- the ordeal of [being, meeting, going]
- am [tired, sick] of this ordeal
- it is too much of an ordeal for me
- if it's not too much of an ordeal
- it was not too much of an ordeal at all
- the ordeal lasted for [hours, weeks]
- after his ordeal with [work, cancer]
- it was an ordeal to [get, come, find]
- when the ordeal was (finally) over
- one [last, final] ordeal (to get through)
- cannot go through another ordeal
- experienced a [terrible, horrible, terrifying] ordeal
- finally [overcame, came through] the ordeal
- [was, were] put through a [terrible] ordeal
- the (whole) ordeal began when
- was not expecting such an ordeal
- a [three-month] ordeal
- the entire ordeal was [overwhelming, exhausting]
'ordeal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):