The words assaulted Avelyn with the force of a cold slap.

That enthusiasm soon evaporated when he received his first cold slap of reality.

Their predicament suddenly hit the Nets tonight like a cold slap in the face.

It was a cold slap of reality to find Doreen still asleep on his living room couch.

Out into the hard cold slap of the night, into her jacket.

That's what has hit people like a cold slap in the face.

And tonight, the Pirates got another cold slap in the face.

His words felt like a cold slap in the face.

The American mayors here said they hoped that their message would be a cold slap in the face to a skeptical audience.

For some of the 4 percent, free agency has simply been a cold slap in the face.