Today's announcement was a bitter blow to the two men who have been close personal friends and professional associates.

It was a bitter blow, but he immediately took steps to make good his loss.

How bitter a blow to such a woman to acknowledge that her son would do better living away with his nurse.

When Rip failed to make contact at the hotel, it had been a bitter blow.

It was a bitter blow, from which he never fully recovered.

After the king taking their lands, it had been a bitter blow.

In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow.

To have his daughter run away from home in the first place had been a bitter blow.

It was a bitter blow to him when the Club died.

Oof, that would have been a bitter blow for the home side.