In a region where union benefits have long been the bedrock of middle-class life, Judge Howard's decision has been a shocking blow.

This attack is the most shocking blow ever directed at the United States itself.

This tremendous and shocking blow left the score 8-3.

It was striking how even at hurricane speeds the wind came in individual buffets; the wind was not a steady pressure, but a series of shocking blows.

The action is sudden and sends a shocking blow to the audience and the picture's nervous system.

His final decision was dated two days after the last witness testified, a shocking blow for judicial promptness.

To dramatize the point, the professor played a video of especially shocking blows delivered in college and pro football.

On the 24th of July, 2012, Ghana suffered a shocking blow when their president passed away.

He has survived, sure, and his functions are much what they should be; but he has had a shocking blow.

She trembled from exertion and the shocking blow to her abdomen.