The phrase "a harrowing time" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period of intense distress or difficulty that someone has experienced.
Example: "After the accident, she went through a harrowing time as she struggled to cope with the aftermath."
Alternatives: "a traumatic experience" or "a distressing period".
A harrowing time followed as she toiled patiently with physios, doctors and medicine balls.
In one holdup he wounded a police officer and landed in prison for seven years, a harrowing time he vividly evoked.
Bradford's cup run is occurring at the same time as the 54-year-old deals bravely with a harrowing time for his family.
Jasmin Herold, a German filmmaker who has lived in Fort McMurray for the last two years, had a harrowing time getting out.
Juliet The cyberbullying was a harrowing time for Nell, but what was good was that some of her friends were supportive and took screenshots of the comments as proof of what was happening.
Breaking down several times during the press conference at a hotel near Scotland Yard, the 69-year-old said: "It has been a harrowing time for me, my family and my friends.
During my illness, and after a particularly harrowing time spent in the bathroom, I had a brief moment of physical clarity where I thought I could actually make it out of the room and up the street to the internet cafe to contact them.
On Thursday the prime minister Scott Morrison responded to Banks' speech by acknowledging the past few weeks had been "a pretty harrowing time" in the Liberal party.
Every line is supercharged with vividness, and that's especially the case with this novel, which is set in a very harrowing time in Germany, in Berlin immediately after the war.
Media captionMr Breivik's lawyer, Geir Lippestad, said the attack had been planned "for some while" The BBC's Richard Galpin, near Utoeya which remains cordoned off by police, says that in the midst of Norway's worst peacetime tragedy it is a particularly harrowing time for relatives of the missing.
Northamptonshire Police said the baby's family were "absolutely devastated" and are being supported by liaison officers through an "incredibly harrowing time".
