1.   An older sister described an abusive childhood that seemed to take its heaviest emotional toll on Sue.

2.   And in two years of travel, she said, the stories have taken an emotional toll.

3.   And it takes an emotional toll.

4.   And the emotional toll is even greater, they say, causing parents tremendous worry and grief.

5.   And there has been emotional toll.

6.   And though both ad campaigns deal with the emotional toll of acne, their approaches are very different.

7.   At the United Church of Christ, Ralph Ludwig, the interim pastor, suggests that the deaths of the Sirnics and others have taken a tremendous emotional toll.

8.   Because of the cost and the emotional toll, sequestration is reserved for high-profile cases in which publicity may taint the independent judgment of the jury.

9.   Beyond the emotional toll are the practical concerns of finding offices.

10.   All of this along with the normal wear and tear of living in a bustling metropolis like New York takes an emotional toll.