This was a dreadful blow; two dozen of shirts, stocks and handkerchiefs.

This was a dreadful blow to the poor invalid, a remedy worse than the disease.

My husband was saying last night that he'd never seen such a dreadful blow at this time of year.

It must have been a dreadful blow when you heard I had been unconscious in that hut.

Nothing could have survived that dreadful, wrenching blow from inside her hull.

It was a dreadful blow because I badly wanted some stamps.

Think what a dreadful blow it would be to me if you made a mistake.

It must have been a dreadful blow to the Suzaku emperor.

Nobody tried to sugarcoat this dreadful blow to their friend.

And I was sinking even lower, silent, stunned, knowing that another dreadful blow would soon fall.