painful decision

I believe this difficult and painful decision should be left to the women of America.

He was faced with the most painful decision of his life.

I think this small step was a painful decision for the Obama administration.

We are talking about women and men, often accompanied by children, who have taken the painful decision to leave their countries.

"The deficit cannot be brought down without making painful decisions."

"I'm sure this was a painful decision for you to make."

We will, in future, be forced to make other, even more painful decisions.

It was one of the most painful decisions anyone could ever be faced with.

It's been a painful decision for me, whether to carry on touring or not.

She was a professional, and this job demanded painful decisions at times.

But at last she came to a painful decision.

It is a painful decision for a man who has known little besides a soldier's life.

After an intense search, they make the painful decision to move on without Robin.

It was the most painful decision I ever made.

Even when the bills are paid and science has done what is feasible, the painful decision may have to be made.

It is getting people to accept painful decisions without hurting them.

Parents can face a painful decision if the nanny demands to be paid under the table.

It was a painful decision but one he says he had to make.

Yes, we are having to make some painful decisions.

At 17, I was asked by my father, even though it was a very painful decision for him, to leave the country.

But when an animal begins to fail, there are painful decisions.

Conservation biologists will have to make the painful decision about which species to try to save.

But last year Congress authorized a bipartisan commission to make the painful decisions.

"While this was an extremely painful decision, we had no choice but to shut down.

Painful decisions had to be made as to the disposal of paintings and furniture.