hard by

New York has been hit particularly hard by the change.

"I know people who have been hit pretty hard by this."

I wanted him to sleep well and get hard by himself soon.

The opening was on the floor hard by the wall.

He settled down in a house hard by the church.

In 2009 the company was hit hard by the recession.

The death of Turner was taken hard by the team.

At the same time, the poor have also been hit hard by inflation.

He felt as though he'd been pounded hard by something.

You're going to get hit hard by taxes, you know.

And the area had been hit hard by the Plague.

It was still hard and getting harder by the second.

"The library staff was hit hard by the Death; we last heard from them months ago."

The energy industry, meanwhile, has been hit hard by lower oil prices.

Even people not directly hit hard by the economy are worried.

He was going to die, curled up hard by himself.

As always in China, the poor were hit particularly hard by the natural disaster.

We know that many developing countries are being hit very hard by the crisis.

Young people and women have been hit hardest by the economic crisis.

He was grabbed hard by the shoulder and put back on his feet.

And it has paid off in other places hit hard by global market forces.

I had to inspect the rest of the troops who were all hard by now.

Italy was hit hard by the economic crisis of 2007-2011.

She would have started up, but was pulled hard by the wrist!

They were both breathing hard by the time she finished.