Synonyms:
ordeal
Meaning: a severe or trying experience
Usage examples
THE ORDEAL OF BITTER APPLES
Let's all give up the Ordeal, anyway.
"I don't want to give up the Ordeal," said Felix, "and I won't."
Now, our poor boy could not stand this ordeal, nor would it be fair he should be exposed to it.
"We ought to pray for what we want, of that I'm sure--and Peter wanted to be the only one who could pass the Ordeal.
I simply felt resolved to pass my two days' ordeal of suspense away from home--far enough away to keep me faithful to my promise not to see Margaret.
Only his pent-up enthusiasm had carried him through the ordeal, and now that it was over he was chagrined to think that the speech had been so ineffective.
He, however, passed through this terrible ordeal, which most frequently ruins its votary, and eventually came out brighter, clearer and more noble for the conscience-polish which he received.
The voices in the next room continued, until Diana almost prayed for the moment she was waiting for would come; suspense was worse than the ordeal for which she was nerving herself, It came at last.
The old merchant's sympathetic glances sustained the mistress of the house through this ordeal; with wonderful strength of mind, she underwent the curious scrutiny of her guests, and bore with their trivial prosings.