Now comes another painful blow, all the more so considering how many major threats have been eliminated.

The wind seemed to be coming from her left, bitter in the as if she had suddenly received a painful blow.

The loss of eight trucks was the most painful blow to the Chinese.

Land a few painful blows and he'll leave you alone.

He began poking again, and caught me a painful blow on the shoulder.

It had been a painful blow, but certainly not immobilizing.

For the Jets, whose history is filled with failure, this loss was one more painful blow.

The United loss, which came after a three-month review, was perhaps the most painful blow.

He could not have hit back with a more painful blow if he had tried.

The global economic crisis came as a painful blow to us all.