There are a hundred daily routines she won't be part of anymore and each one, right now, is an unexpectedly painful reminder of her absence. (smallanimaltalk.com)
None of these transactions are the norm, but they serve as painful reminders of what happens when everyone — buyers, sellers, agents, lawyers — get caught up in a frenzied market. (moneysense.ca)
The paper also got a very painful reminder of how dangerous it can be to accept what politicians say at face value, when its reporting on the lead - up to the Iraq War turned out to be a tissue of lies fed to one of its reporters. (fortune.com)