This was a hard pill to take for many captains.

It's a hard pill to swallow and I don't think you ever get used to it.

It is a hard pill to swallow for players who have been with the organization through the long tradition of winning.

That was a hard pill for a man like him to swallow.

Goddamnit, why should that be a hard pill to swallow?

Missing out on 2008 was a hard pill to swallow.

"Finding something I wasn't in control of was a hard pill to swallow."

And a 19.4 percent increase is a hard pill to swallow for our community.

Yet emotionally, the suicide bomber is often a hard pill to swallow.

"At the time, it's definitely a hard pill to swallow," he said.