ordeal

[US]/ɔːˈdiːl/
[UK]/ɔːrˈdiːl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mbinu ya kusurua; mbinu ya kushindwa; kusurua.
Word Forms
Pluralordeals

Phrases & Collocations

harsh ordeal

mashaka mwingi

Example Sentences

the ordeal of being shipwrecked

Jaribano la kuagwa melki.

the ordeal of having to give evidence.

moyo mwenye uchungu kwa kujibu kwa maelezo.

accounts of their ordeal were blazoned to the entire nation.

maelezo ya mchungu wao yalikuwa yamekimbilia kwa wakili wa nchi yote.

the ordeal of being an innocent murder suspect;

mchungu wa kuwa mwanamke mwenye uchungu kwa kujibu kwa maelezo;

Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.

Kuwa mshwari kwenye miguu ya mwezi moja ilikuwa mchungu kwa mimi.

their 20-hour ordeal at the hands of a gunman

mshirika wao wa muda wa 20 saa kwa mnyama.

she knew that the ordeal to come must tax all her strength.

alitambua kwamba mchungu uliyofuata utakua kushambulia kila ukuaji wake.

Throughout the ordeal, he remained basically the same.

Kwa maelezo ya maelezo, maelezo ya maelezo.

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