hard by in a sentence

Examples

1. The TWA family was hit unusually hard by the crash.
2. Thailand has been hit particularly hard by the AIDS epidemic.
3. The Irish community was hit particularly hard by the tragedy,
4. Cumbria, like Devon, has been hit hard by the epidemic.
5. _It was hit hard by the 1990 real estate crash.
6. Thailand has been hit particularly hard by the currency plunge.
7. Malaysia has been hit hard by the Asian economic crisis.
8. Prospects for retailers, hit hard by falling prices, are improving.
9. I know they have been hit hard by layoffs ."
10. Asian markets were also hit hard by the WorldCom announcement.