ordeal

We can’t in the midst of our ordeals even think of ourselves as particularly nice.

It is a disruptive and expensive ordeal to install subsurface pipes, especially because they are so intertwined with roadways and other underground utilities.

Pumping, cleaning, and disinfecting water to provide a safe source to everyone within a city is a power-intensive ordeal.

I watched these men up close for 3 days as they went through physical ordeals that made them pliable for a kind of rough-hewn therapy conducted in bro speak.