All 7 Uses of
ordeal
in
Dune
- It was near sunset at Castle Caladan on the day of Paul's ordeal.†
Book 1 *
- There had been another ordeal once — so many years ago.†
Book 1
- Paul wet his lips with his tongue, thinking back to the day a week ago and the ordeal with the Reverend Mother.†
Book 1
- " Paul hesitated, found that he couldn't tell Hawat about the ordeal.†
Book 1
- The sense of terrible purpose he'd first experienced in his ordeal with the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam pervaded him.†
Book 1
- Jessica, feeling the ceremony close around her with a current that swept her beyond all turning back, glanced once at Paul's question filled face, then prepared herself for the ordeal.†
Book 2
- At the school there had been rumors that some did not survive the Reverend Mother ordeal, that the drug took them.†
Book 2
Definition:
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(ordeal) a very difficult or painful experience