Her death was a major emotional blow to Marshall, leading him to become an alcoholic.

His widow, Maureen, said today that the judge's ruling "comes as a tremendous emotional blow to my family."

She didn't look like she could endure too many more emotional blows.

She's suffered so many emotional blows, all at once.

In 1714, she died at the age of 26 from tuberculosis, a devastating emotional blow to her husband.

There is a counter for every human emotional blow, deliberately given.

This was a big emotional blow to him.

Yes, the quake has been a huge emotional and economic blow to the Soviet Union.

The latest emotional blow came earlier this month when McReynolds's mother died.

It had been a crushing emotional blow she hadn't expected.