hard-hit
adjective
: profoundly stricken : affected in an especially negative way
one of the industries particularly hard-hit during the downturn
Examples of hard-hit in a Sentence
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Downtown hotels were particularly hard-hit by the pandemic, and some have changed owners or operators.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Wednesday’s storms left extensive damage to trees and power lines, flipped boats and campers and damaged some buildings — with the Brainerd Lakes region particularly hard-hit.
—Andrew Krueger | Mpr News, Twin Cities, 14 June 2024
But neither did many students, whose communities were hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
One group particularly hard-hit by the lack of housing options is women age 50 and older who are widowed or divorced and living alone, Thurmond-Quinlan said in an interview after the meeting.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
The Hale, however, sits in an area particularly hard-hit by changes to the economy following the pandemic and a massive shift to remote working.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
China, hard-hit by the pandemic and a restrictive zero-COVID policy as well as a trade feud with the U.S., nonetheless ended 2023 with the second-highest GDP growth among OECD countries.
—Martin Reeves, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
The extraordinary event saw the workers-cum-asylum seekers and an IDF artillery unit stationed on the outskirts of this southern kibbutz, which was hard-hit in the Hamas invasion, break bread together.
—Etgar Lefkovits, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
The new program, created by the Living Classrooms Foundation, brings crisis response and resources into two Baltimore neighborhoods to help stabilize communities hard-hit by gun violence.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Wednesday’s storms left extensive damage to trees and power lines, flipped boats and campers and damaged some buildings — with the Brainerd Lakes region particularly hard-hit.
—Andrew Krueger | Mpr News, Twin Cities, 14 June 2024
But neither did many students, whose communities were hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Apr. 2024
One group particularly hard-hit by the lack of housing options is women age 50 and older who are widowed or divorced and living alone, Thurmond-Quinlan said in an interview after the meeting.
—Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 10 Apr. 2024
The Hale, however, sits in an area particularly hard-hit by changes to the economy following the pandemic and a massive shift to remote working.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
China, hard-hit by the pandemic and a restrictive zero-COVID policy as well as a trade feud with the U.S., nonetheless ended 2023 with the second-highest GDP growth among OECD countries.
—Martin Reeves, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
The extraordinary event saw the workers-cum-asylum seekers and an IDF artillery unit stationed on the outskirts of this southern kibbutz, which was hard-hit in the Hamas invasion, break bread together.
—Etgar Lefkovits, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
The new program, created by the Living Classrooms Foundation, brings crisis response and resources into two Baltimore neighborhoods to help stabilize communities hard-hit by gun violence.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
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“Hard-hit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard-hit. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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