11.   Any normal person, when faced with this serious illness, would have retired or just gone home to lick their wounds.

12.   As for Missouri, Smith was still trying to lick his wounds over the rip-your-heart-out loss.

13.   Aside from licking your wounds and being brave about it, I asked, do you have a strategy for combating this kind of prejudice?

14.   At this point, every indication is that he is through licking his wounds.

15.   Backed into a corner with two consecutive road divisional losses, the Cowboys can lick their wounds at home.

16.   Both Democrats and Republicans are licking their wounds and trying to mend fences.

17.   ABC, fourth in household ratings and key adult demographics, had already licked its wounds and is looking down a long road toward recovery.

18.   After an embarrassing flop with Photo CD, Eastman Kodak has licked its wounds and come back for more.

19.   But it was unusually quiet as the Chiefs licked their wounds.

20.   But he was too busy licking his wounds and calculating his comeback to respond when the Earth really was In the Balance.