No, he was not shocked; but the news still hit him hard.

She knew that news would hit Andrew like a bomb.

He wouldn't think it was such a good thing after the news hit the press, Carey thought.

Today's news has hit him worse than I can understand myself, bad as it is.

Later, when the news hit the paper, nobody seemed to put it together.

The news hit Paul like a rock square in the chest.

The news hit the Internet before we were even starting to move out.

For some with family and friends in the military, news of the flawed intelligence hit particularly hard.

People soon began to lose interest, as other news hit the headlines.

After the news hit the media, fans started taking sides.