To shelter themselves against the sometimes inhospitable climate, early settlers built crude but durable dwellings using whatever materials they could find.

Disease became rife in the inhospitable climate, decimating the expedition.

The inhospitable climate and geography had won out.

Given its remote location and inhospitable climate, the island was long a favored Russian spot for secretive arrangements.

Due to the inhospitable climate, the settlement was abandoned within three years.

The hardy plant can thrive despite meager soil and inhospitable climate.

In such an inhospitable climate for human progress, it should not be surprising that a revolutionary left existed long before 1954.

Unfortunately, the recession and the Sept. 11 aftermath create an especially inhospitable climate for either reform.

This creates a very stable, but inhospitable climate.

Trees grow shorter towards the inhospitable climate until they simply stop growing.