If only he didn't have to endure the long ordeal of her dying that was about to begin.

I felt little emotion; only a sense of relief that the long ordeal was over.

The explosion turned out to be the beginning of a long ordeal for the couple - and it's not over yet.

"It has been a long ordeal, not knowing what happened."

Even if the case does go to trial next week, he said, his long ordeal will be ending.

The race has been a long ordeal for all the competitors.

It was his first glimpse of what would become a long ordeal.

Instead, she may begin a long ordeal of application and appeal that can take several years.

This has been a long ordeal because no one wanted to help us open up the school.

Some think they are in for a long ordeal on the Senate floor that could last until next summer or even longer.