hard-hit
- adversely affected; struck by disaster.
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Contemporary Examples of hard-hit
Kaufman rode her Vespa to hard-hit parts of New Jersey to help clean houses and deliver food, but she was still restless.
Many professors have been protected by tenure, even at hard-hit public institutions.
Mothers are hard-hit by the economy, yet work valiantly and willingly to sustain families, says Leslie Bennetts.
Historical Examples of hard-hit
The big man was weary, hard-hit financially, and definitely older.
Plowing On SundaySterling North
A terrible drama was being enacted on the hard-hit sinking ship.
The Adventures of the U-202E. Spiegel
For a moment, Robert's hard-hit passing shot seemed to have scored.
Manners of the AgeHorace Brown Fyfe
He dashes at top speed for the only point where his hands may intercept that hard-hit ball.
The HillHorace Annesley Vachell
Two of its reporters were mobbed in the hard-hit ward, the day after the publication of the first article.
The ClarionSamuel Hopkins Adams
hard-hit
- seriously affected or hurthard-hit by taxation