How to Use hit hard in a Sentence

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  • The first few months of parenting hit hard for Easar Forghany and Melody Kim.
    — Katherine Reynolds Lewis, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
  • In fast water, the fish hit hard on nearly any shiny thing.
    — David Treuer, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Two years ago, when tech stocks got hit hard, the shares held up far better than those of its peers.
    — Jeran Wittenstein, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The western part of the district has been hit hard by numerous droughts over the last few years.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • But when rates are rising, bond prices can get hit hard, too, as happened in 2022.
    — The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Seems like Beaver baseball will be hit hard by the implosion.
    — Ndaschel, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2023
  • But when Covid shut down much of the U.S. just weeks later, the events company was inevitably hit hard.
    — Alex York, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • This recurring theme of silence around suicide and the struggle to find the right words hit hard.
    — Sandra L. Rostirolla, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The sand dune project came to be after Salisbury Beach had been hit hard by storms over the past couple of months.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • That means the bank has been hit hard by the broader crypto industry’s failings over the last year.
    — Scott Nover, Quartz, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Bumgarner was hit hard in his first start of the year, giving up five runs in four innings.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • At the start of the pandemic, nursing home residents and staff were hit hard.
    — Patrick Raycraft, Hartford Courant, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Farms were hit hard, just after many growers endured a hard freeze in May.
    — Kathy McCormack and Patrick Whittle, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Since the start of the year, media, tech and video gaming industries have been hit hard by layoffs.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Some of those hit hard were short sellers, who bet that a stock price is too high and who profit from its decline.
    — Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Draper was hit hard by flooding across the city, the city government said in a news release.
    — Siena Duncan, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The fastball has been hit hard this season but the curveball has induced whiffs at a 60 percent rate.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Banks and home lenders have been hit hard by higher borrowing costs and aren’t looking for much help.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Hedge funds and retirement accounts alike would be hit hard.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 17 Jan. 2023
  • When the crypto market fell sharply in mid-2022, BlockFi was also hit hard.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The company had hoped to fly the ship all the way to the surface of Indian Ocean, where it was expected to hit hard and explode.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Once a darling of the Covid-19 pandemic, Zoom stock has been hit hard over the last year as workers have returned to offices.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The ball traveled high in the sky and wasn't hit hard, giving Ryan McKenna plenty of time to prepare to throw home as Vierling tagged up.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Like many other states, Arizona was hit hard by the pandemic.
    — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Like many places, Vermont has been hit hard this year by extreme weather linked to climate change.
    — Ivan Penn, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
  • But Netflix’s stock has been hit hard over the past year due to concerns that its business model isn’t profitable enough.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • The Bay Area, which was hit hard by last Tuesday’s wind and rain, will be comparatively mild, with just an inch or two of rain.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The scenic mountain range north of Hollywood and Westwood was also hit hard: Bel-Air got about 14 inches of rain.
    — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • His slider was effective against the Broncos’ hitters, but the fastball was hit hard.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 2 June 2023
  • Once milk sickness surfaced in the area, Anna’s family was hit hard.
    — Will McCarthy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2023

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