He was not, of all men, the most sorely tried.

One of them, a good player, would find himself sorely tried.

But there were moments, such as this one, when she was sorely tried.

His tone was that of a patient man being sorely tried.

At the hearing later that morning, the judge's patience is sorely tried.

Then the man whose mind had been sorely tried to the limit, fell silent.

There were times he was sorely tried considering how God ran the universe.

He had become a man sorely tried of late, what with vanishing Council men and everything.

But the war dragged on, and their patience was to be sorely tried.

But, because they are from two different tribes, their friendship is sorely tried.