The Northeast was hit particularly hard; sales fell 42.4 percent from a year ago.

Home health care and nursing homes have been hit particularly hard.

As 40 percent of the regional economy, manufacturing was hit particularly hard.

Democrats, who provided most of the support for the bill in Congress, were hit particularly hard.

Jones has been particularly hard hit by consolidation in the department store business.

Energy and technology stocks have been particularly hard hit in recent months.

He said the incorporated villages in the town had been particularly hard hit.

Free publications have been particularly hard hit by the California law.

The eastern end of the island was hit particularly hard.

New York has been particularly hard hit by this problem.