The whole ordeal could have been easily avoided with the words "no comment", only he didn't think of them.

"I haven't been able to focus on getting along with my life through this whole ordeal," he said.

She hadn't felt this calm since the whole ordeal began.

Throughout the whole ordeal, he'd remained conscious and aware of everything that had happened.

"I went out there to the house many times, throughout this whole ordeal," he said.

"It really did bring this whole ordeal to a close, and freed him to enter his final years."

Despite the whole ordeal, Stan is no longer convinced that he should stay out of a future crisis.

She had worn her professional persona through the whole ordeal.

Do I have to go through the whole ordeal again?

I was nearly done with the whole ordeal, and we'd set a wedding date for the end of June.