After two strenuous and painful bouts of quantitative easing, Mervyn has produced a real floater of an economy.

My exceedingly painful 18-month bout with tennis elbow, for instance, came along years after tennis was cool, during that dreadfully bland Sampras era.

For a passionate and painful bout of tears might have convinced her that she was wrong, that she stood no chance to capture him.

Nothing ruins a great meal as much as a painful bout of heartburn.

During Anne's time with the family, Mrs Benson suffered a particularly painful bout of her illness.

Carlo Centra is also in need of our prayers after a painful bout of illness.

Zia Fatehabadi died on 19 August 1986 after a prolonged and painful bout with illness.

Plagued more frequently by painful bouts of illness, he began to retreat within himself.

After a long and painful bout of severe hypertension, Egon committed suicide in 1955.

CBS, in particular, has been through at least two painful bouts of layoffs.