And then it was that the impact of the city had hit him.

The noise, the pain and the impact all hit me at once.

A moment passed before the full impact of the words hit the captain.

When the total impact of this idea hit him he sat down suddenly on the ground, stunned by it.

That was when the full impact of her situation hit home.

The full impact of the drought may not hit here for several months.

But, she added, "I don't think the total impact of this disease has really hit."

"When I left law school the full impact of the lies hit me," he said.

The full impact of the forces they'd unleashed would hit them later, but not yet.

Every time, the impact of my scars hit her in the heart.