Tough means Strong and resilient; sturdy. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like hard or tender.
Tough in a sentence
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Tough meaning
- Strong and resilient; sturdy.
- Difficult to cut or chew.
- Rugged or physically hardy.
Example sentences (20)
After an unpredictable few years, many Canadians are concerned 2024 could bring with it some tough economic times.
Although times were tough, Win has many happy childhood memories including family holidays to Rhyl in North Wales.
After BC’s overtime loss to NIU last week, the Eagles may have another tough test on their hands with Holy Cross today.
After a tough fight, India won the shootout and finished 9th at the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2023.
Africa Oil Corporation managed to handle a similar situation in Kenya, but it's a tough situation to handle.
Allegations of sign-stealing have arisen just as the Wolverines face a spate of games against tough rivals.
Although it is tough to get your hands on a Heatran, being a Fire/Steel-type Pokemon, it has numerous advantages in battle.
After a tough day at work on Tuesday, an Egyptian farmer sits down for a cigarette and a cup of sweet tea.
After a tough outing against his former side Cardiff, Nelson was much improved in the defeat to Luton.
A government source said the bill was “as tough as it can be within the limits of international law”.
Although it’s been a tough three years for the aviation industry, Emirates has held on to the bulk of its many sport sponsorships.
Also the people around me, they are trying to make the atmosphere normal, because as I said, it's been a tough year for most of us.
Although it's designed for industrial use, the Samsung Galaxy XCover6 Pro is a great choice for anybody who's tough on their phone.
A media critic on condition of anonymity said Antony is perhaps going through a very tough time because of the way his son reacted.
America was going through tough times and families were struggling at the time, and Carville cut right to the main issue for voters.
A comfortable victory at what can sometimes be a tough away ground would do City a world of good.
And because my life has taught me that, no matter how tough things get, you can get through them.
Although Sevilla sits in 12th place, having won just twice and drawn once in six matches, they will be a tough opponent for Barcelona.
After Monday’s tough loss, the Bruins needed more urgency and determination out of their talented, but still raw, middle-six centerman.
So when the pandemic hit, and Paul left us, well, I believe that when the going gets tough, the tough stay around.
Phrases with tough
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with tough
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- tough to 20×
- tough tough 18×
- it tough 15×
- the tough 14×
- be tough 12×
- is tough 12×
- was tough 11×
- tough time 10×
- tough on 9×
- tough times 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word tough. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.