Sentence examples for were worst hit with from inspiring English sources

The army and RAF were worst hit, with the Gurkhas bearing the brunt of losses.

Areas around the southern Pennines and Peak District were worst hit, with 10cm (4 inches) of snow reported on high ground.

High streets were worst hit, with a 7% decline over the year.

Frankie & Benny's has been worst hit, with pub restaurants and concessions at UK airports doing well.

Brazil was worst hit with 50 deaths, many of them killings of campaigners who were trying to combat illegal logging in the Amazon.

The building and gardening industries will be worst hit, with only two, two-hour slots in which machinery can be used – noon till 2pm and from 6pm till 8pm.

Asia has been worst hit, with up to 50% of all rivers now affected by severe pathogen pollution caused by a cocktail of untreated waste water disposal, agricultural pesticides run-off and industrial pollution.

South-west England has been worst hit, with many homes still flooded and part of a key railway line destroyed.

Baghdad was worst hit, with eight explosions near bus stations and outdoor markets in mainly Shia Muslim districts of the capital.

In the US, the Boston Archdiocese has been worst hit, with the activities of two of its priests, Paul Shanley and John Geoghan, causing public outrage.

Sadr City was worst hit, with three bombs killing seven people and wounding another 37. Violence across Iraq over the past month began after an army raid on a Sunni anti-government protest camp near the northern town of Hawija that left 50 people dead.