In just a few hours, Tilden, a central Brooklyn high school, received a brutal reminder of the vastly different directions promise can go.

Our journey was cold and uncomfortable, a brutal reminder of the comforts we had left behind.

Pain was a brutal reminder that at least she still lived, though why she fought to do so had become the question of the year.

The shock of Carter's suddenly wrenching himself away from her was a brutal reminder of reality.

He could barely bring himself to open the letter from Beverly Crusher, for whom this must have been a brutal reminder of his failure to protect her husband.

The Beslan massacre was a brutal reminder of the ruthlessness of 21st century terrorists.

The cameras recorded sound, including some rather brutal reminders of life and death in the wild.

The shock waves were a brutal reminder.

This is a shocking and symbolic example, serving as a brutal reminder that the human rights situation in the world is not improving.

Their friendship almost seems to override politics until brutal reminders of the war suddenly divide them.