rough passage

noun

1. a stormy sea journey
2. a difficult or testing time

Example Sentences

After a rough passage at the start, by the election year Truman actually had a pretty good economy.

From The Daily Beast

On this rough passage, perhaps the most distressing spot was "Windy Lake," a small but tempestuous sheet.

From Project Gutenberg

We had an unusually long and rough passage of sixteen hours, and I was fearfully ill the whole time.

From Project Gutenberg

The Vectis took the nurses across the Mediterranean, and a terribly rough passage they had.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a decidedly rough passage, especially on the curves through the rocky walls of "Yankee Jim's Canyon."

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The gap terminated in a rocky gateway, leading into a rough passage upward, between two precipitous mountains.

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