What a cruel blow for the traumatised relatives of the victims.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This cruel blow meant working very hard indeed.
Alan Whicker Whicker's War
Losing right at the death was a cruel blow.
The Sun (2008)
He turned the cruellest blow in the world into a chance to do some real good.
The Sun (2014)
The cold snap is a cruel blow for all those flowers that came into bloom out of season earlier this winter.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)