She tried to remember if she'd taken a blow to the head and couldn't.

Love is not taking a blow to the face because "they don't mean it."

Brown took a blow to the knee during the game, but was able to continue playing on it.

The health care system, for example, took a devastating blow.

She'd taken a hard blow, but she had to get up and start swinging.

And I can increase his ability to take a blow.

He took a glancing blow to the shoulder, nothing more.

The wind went out of her as she took a powerful blow to the stomach.

Another boy went down, having taken a terrible blow to the right ear.

All three looked as if they had taken mortal blows.