hard done by in a sentence

In particular, the Athenians, who were not protected by the isthmus, but whose fleet were the key to the security of the Peloponnesus, felt hard done by.
Ironically, the French felt also hard done by, because they had expected " all " forces in British pay to disappear, thereby fatally weakening the forces of Prince Eugene.
In August that year it was followed by a four-track EP, " Hard Done by You ", co-credited to Peter Wells, Dave Steel ( ex-Weddings Parties Anything ), Bob Armstrong.
The defending champions, Clare, were also on a mission, as the disciplinary action taken against Colin Lynch ( after the Munster Final against Waterford ) left them feeling hard done by.
"There is a feeling we have been hard done by, " said Brendan McWilliams, deputy director of the national Meteorological Service, " that nature and God could have been kinder to us.

The islanders also felt hard done by O'Brien earlier in the match when an apparent try by Setareki Tawake following a turnover was disallowed for a knock-on not shown by the cameras.
The tone of Bazhin's later work radically changed from optimism to dejection and he turned to a completely different type of hero : a disillusioned raznochinets, hard done by harsh Russian reality.
But Judge Davies should not have been swayed by the fact the footballer's many supporters in the sporting world felt he had been hard done by in the earlier judgement . . ..
An editor suggesting a change that is not immediately accepted needs to go to talk to discuss why the change is necesary ( or even marginally desirable )-not howl " hard done by ".
Our belief is very simple, even a prisoner of the ilk of Ivan Milat, convicted of seven murders, has the right to access to the media if he feels he is being hard done by,

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