This break, however, saved us from the horrible ordeal in which that battalion was practically destroyed.
Those who survived the horrible ordeal relived it for many years through their nightmares.
He had been through a horrible and terrifying ordeal.
We used to have to do this telepathically, and it was a horrible ordeal.
It took me three years, thousands of dollars and the search for a really good therapist to get me through the horrible ordeal.
"These workers have gone through a horrible ordeal."
"Every single one of them has been so understanding and so supportive through this horrible ordeal."
None of them imagined that a horrible ordeal was drawing nigh.
It's a horrible ordeal for people who have older parents to find out that they can't go to the doctors or hospitals they choose.
"It's been a horrible ordeal for all of us, and now maybe we can get on with our lives."