The downgrade is thus a crushing personal blow to the reputation of a leader facing his voters in just three months.

For many Coudersport residents, the verdict was a personal blow.

In the years between 1854 and 1856 Smetana suffered a series of personal blows.

Toole took the rejection of the book in his intended form as a tremendous personal blow.

He found the death of Mendelssohn in 1847 a terrible personal blow.

It is a personal blow, even a humiliation, for a people who regard their animals almost as kin.

At almost the same time he suffered a great personal blow when his wife died after a short illness.

I must say, this is a personal blow to me, as I held out my hand to you.

What, can't you believe it was just my personal blow against the genetic slave trade?

In a middle-class family, such personal blows tend to be cushioned by savings.