Sentence examples for severe hits from inspiring English sources

That turns the spotlight on the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, who has been the mayor's handmaiden on altering term limits and whose own credibility took severe hits.

The latest order is another bold move in a world where most airlines are taking severe hits on their profits.

Although its current account deficit was high and the ringgit took severe hits, Malaysia escaped the clutches of the IMF in 1997.

My strategy the last couple of years has been to buy value stocks creamed in the crash that most investors would not not because they were financially shaky but because they were primarily in industries that had taken severe hits.

He echoed DBCOOPA's sentiments, "Israel is in a PR war and it's succeeding generally, most of the time, but it's a PR war with the Palestinian people who are landing severe hits that embarrassed the state of Israel... Anonymous is a cool group to most people, so when Anonymous does something like OpIsrael, it creates a real symbolic example.

The revelations are a severe hit to Wells Fargo's reputation.

"At the same time, morale takes a pretty severe hit any time you have layoffs.

The discussion of anointing Federer as the greatest of all time took another severe hit.

The neighborhood's residential market took a severe hit, and developers have put off major investments.

Men's employment has been declining for decades and took another severe hit in the recession.

As sales plunged in the 2000s, music retailers have also taken a severe hit.