For smokers on fixed incomes, the arithmetic has been particularly unforgiving.

The labor market is particularly unforgiving with older jobless workers.

Claudia Cassidy, the city's most powerful music critic, proved particularly unforgiving.

Shortly after Mr. Dudas started receiving his Social Security checks, he wound up in the hospital following a particularly unforgiving bender.

The fact is, accidents happen under the best of circumstances, and the deep sea is a particularly unforgiving environment.

When I was five, my dad decided to defraud a bank to pay off a particularly unforgiving bookie.

Investors have been particularly unforgiving of the declining profits at Ranbaxy.

The academic profession is particularly unforgiving to parents, most often women, who want to spend the early years of their children's lives working part time or not at all.

"Those rocks below look to be particularly unforgiving."

Some manufacturers offer replacement spars or spare components for their kites, for replacing damaged components after a particularly unforgiving crash landing.