Sentence examples for were especially hard from inspiring English sources

The 1930s were especially hard for Akhmatova.

Certain types of virtues were especially hard hit.

Academics were especially hard for him, his aunt, Jodi Bucher, said.

Mr. Dinkler, the Toyota Corona owner, said that plastic parts were especially hard to find.

But they were especially hard to figure out, because they were not in traditional character.

At one point when things were especially hard, Lolli wrote Toney about her urge to move back to the city.

Entrepreneurs in solar energy, clothing and retail were especially hard-hit, the state news agency Xinhua said.

Massachusetts lenders were especially hard-hit by these risky practices, and state and federal regulators have probed the matter aggressively here.

"Many of the Museum Company's stores are in airports and around the New York area, and they were especially hard-hit by the events of Sept. 11," said Alan B. Hyman, a lawyer with Proskauer Rose, who represents the retailer.

Police and fire departments in New York were especially hard-hit: hundreds had rushed to the scene of the attacks, and more than 400 police officers and firefighters were killed.

The Annual Report on Fuel Statistics 2010 showed vulnerable households in the UK as a whole – around three-quarters of homes – were especially hard-hit, with fuel poverty in these homes rising to 3.75m in 2008, up by 500,000 from the previous year.