How to pronounce ordeal
Listen to ordeal in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“ordeal” in real sentences
381 clips in the index · 34 American · 103 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Such a unbelievable ordeal.
ABC News In-depth · hear it here
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put the ordeal behind them.
60 Minutes Australia · hear it here
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She's survived the ordeal.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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ordeal could have been prevented.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of ordeal. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.