noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
subject sb to an ordeal/abuse/harassment
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Barker subjected his victim to awful abuse.
terrifying experience/ordeal
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He told her of his terrifying experience.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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The strain and anguish of his long ordeal has dearly had a terrible effect on him.
terrible
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It must have been a terrible ordeal .
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I have no doubt this has been a terrible ordeal for you and the verdict is a personal and professional catastrophe.
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Having a will professionally drawn up is not a terrible ordeal and it need not take long to explain your wishes.
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It was a terrible ordeal for my hon. and learned Friend and for his family.
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The strain has been a terrible ordeal .
■ VERB
face
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It was the fourth time during the campaign that Mr Major had faced ordeal by egg.
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Many artistes got drunk before they faced the ordeal on stage.
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Julia's courage must be a great inspiration to those people facing a similar ordeal .
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I only hope that by following this advice other members do not face the ordeal to which Mr Holdsworth was subjected.
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Appeal courts are expected to show some mercy because the defendant has twice had to face the ordeal of being sentenced.
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Generally, debtors must negotiate with each creditor separately, and must face the ordeal without advice.
recover
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This time, though, there was hope; her strong young body recovered quickly from the ordeal of Hubert's birth.
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Consequently he was recovering from his minor ordeal .
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Christopher, of Bognor Regis, Sussex, was rushed to hospital, where he spent five days recovering from his ordeal .
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He stood for a moment, eyes closed, recovering from the ordeal , and then lit a cigarette.
spare
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Luckily the police have spared me the ordeal of telling Proby, and also kept my bones intact.
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Just as well that she had been at least spared the ordeal of having to face him this morning.
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But she was spared from that ordeal when Anthony Bourgois pleaded guilty to charges of false imprisonment and carrying a knife.
survive
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Her husband's just grateful she survived her ordeal .
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He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal .
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The ants are so minute that they can dodge the rays and so survive the ordeal .
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Because the liquid is non-toxic, more birds are likely to survive the ordeal than if petroleum were involved, he said.
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Only a small percentage of the original 10, 000 minks survived the ordeal .
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After barely surviving her ordeal , the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The hostages described their terrifying six-week ordeal .
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The hostages were relieved that their long ordeal was finally over.
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The three week trial turned out to be an emotional ordeal for everyone involved.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After many hair-raising adventures, most not only survive but emerge wiser and stronger as a result of their harrowing ordeal .
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Appeal courts are expected to show some mercy because the defendant has twice had to face the ordeal of being sentenced.
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Even for an adult, it would be an inhumanly cruel ordeal .
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He is famously reticent in talking about his extraordinary physical ordeal .
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No one should be subjected to this sort of ordeal , especially in their own home.
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The ants are so minute that they can dodge the rays and so survive the ordeal .
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This time, though, there was hope; her strong young body recovered quickly from the ordeal of Hubert's birth.
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Watching the golf was an ordeal which cramped the muscles and stretched the ingenuity of the masses to the limit.