At 9:30, he learns two painful truths about his wife.

It is the day for some painful truths to be told, seen and heard.

"Perhaps the public is not ready to accept the painful truth we have revealed to it," he said.

She looked away, as if flinching from a painful truth.

It was a painful truth to absorb but, again, he had no choice.

For my wife, a physician, this was a painful truth.

Both moves reflect a painful truth: Money is very tight.

He admitted this painful truth to no one, of course.

The painful truth is, the popular culture left the musical behind more than 30 years ago.

The time has come for us to face a painful truth.