1.   Shannon lay back against the pillows, squeezing her eyes tight shut, as though that could block out the awful truth.

2.   She could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth.

3.   The awful truth only dawned on me later.

4.   They believed in the myth and Diana could not bring herself to tell them the awful truth.

5.   He had to face the awful truth that she no longer loved him.

6.   He began to realize the awful truth about her past.

7.   I came out with the awful truth today to the lads.

8.   Camera crews arrived at the disaster scene with the first of the emergency vehicles and beamed us the awful truth as it unfolded.

9.   Euphoria was just about to set in when the awful truth hit me.

10.   For the awful truth is that, all throughout his time in office, Clinton has been shameful on civil liberties.