1.   I took blows to the face, my headgear awry.

2.   These people can take many blows, but I, I am fragile as a butterfly.

3.   A bowed tendon can occur when a horse takes a blow to the tendon.

4.   All those items are likely to increase in price - unless companies that make them take a blow to their profits.

5.   But even as the administration stepped up its defense of its response to the spy case, the White House took a blow on its trade policy with China.

6.   But lately, the old-line firm has taken a few blows.

7.   Chris Miller was forced into early retirement last year after taking repeated blows to the head.

8.   Connecticut took its blows and made sure its shots lasted longer.

9.   Even that position took a blow Saturday.

10.   For a lot of us, though, the team and the city and the entire sporting landscape takes a blow to the heart.