Collocations for ordeal - noun

long
entire (esp. AmE), whole
My family has supported me through this whole ordeal.

dreadful (esp. BrE), horrible (esp. AmE), terrible, terrifying (esp. BrE)

endure, face, go through, suffer (esp. BrE), undergo
subject sb to (esp. BrE)
She was subjected to a terrible six-day ordeal.

survive
recover from
be spared (esp. BrE)

ordeal of
They were spared the ordeal of giving evidence in court.

an ordeal at the hands of sb (esp. BrE)
their 20-hour ordeal at the hands of a gunman