Today's announcement was a bitter blow to the two men who have been close personal friends and professional associates.
It was a bitter blow, but he immediately took steps to make good his loss.
How bitter a blow to such a woman to acknowledge that her son would do better living away with his nurse.
When Rip failed to make contact at the hotel, it had been a bitter blow.
It was a bitter blow, from which he never fully recovered.
After the king taking their lands, it had been a bitter blow.
In every fight it has the last and bitterest blow.
To have his daughter run away from home in the first place had been a bitter blow.
It was a bitter blow to him when the Club died.
Oof, that would have been a bitter blow for the home side.
