1.   He struck me hard across the mouth so that my head cracked back against the bathroom wall.

2.   Idly she began to stab at the wet ground with it, but it struck something hard straight away.

3.   But my obvious failure struck me hard when I saw what the gift of new eyes was doing to the house of my boyhood.

4.   He struck it with his shin, but struck it hard -- and Zubizaretta leaped high and slapped the shot aside.

5.   His flesh was struck so hard that the fat turned to liquid and blocked his blood vessels.

6.   They said the bus was struck so hard that the van was left a crumpled wreck.

7.   Although the fielder was struck hard on the chest, he managed to hold onto the ball.

8.   Donald survived a torrid period, and was even struck hard on the helmet by Ambrose.

9.   Joel Aviles and some fellow workers were digging a hole for a water tank when their picks struck something hard in the muddy, gray earth.

10.   Lauren Wright died at her home in May last year after being struck so hard in the stomach that her digestive system collapsed.