Toughen in a sentence

A small minority of Democrats have urged the Biden administration to toughen the reciprocity requirements before allowing Israel in.

As Swan River battles rising rates of property and violent crime, the community’s mayor says it’s time for provincial and federal governments to toughen their approach on issues facing the justice system, including bail guidelines.

But Glen responded that it would toughen him up.

Following Wednesday’s rocket intercept, Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir tweeted that he would go forward with plans to toughen conditions for Palestinian prisoners.

In October, the company joined other international companies including Nestle in calling on world leaders to toughen the reporting rules for large businesses regarding their impact on nature.

Iran’s parliament has adopted proposals to toughen penalties for perpetrators of violence against women which could be voted into law within months, state media has reported.

Labour, Mr Reed will tell an audience in London, will also increase and toughen up the use of community sentences to tackle reoffending rates and “give a voice” to victims and local communities.

My mother-in-law kept suggesting I toughen up and convert.

She stressed that Ms Braverman “had a busy day” launching the legislation designed to toughen asylum rules and deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats.

Tender leaf tissues, however, would freeze and burst in winter, so plants must either toughen up and protect their leaves or dispose of them.

The brotherly relationship that develops between the two dancers constitutes the show’s guiding thread, both through the hardships they create for themselves to toughen themselves up, as well as through the fantastic voyage that subsequently awaits them.

The city currently bans smoking inside restaurants, workplaces, indoor public spaces and some outdoor public areas, and its politicians are considering whether to toughen its smoking laws.

Toughen laws on immigration.

Yet 46% of the voters decided that a District Attorney whose attitude about a crime is “toughen up” would be a good thing.

David recommends: "Apply an organic fertilizer to toughen the roots for the coming cold months.

Famously meticulous, Tsuji cautions readers that tempura batter should be mixed in small batches and left lumpy, lest it toughen, and the book’s diagrams, particularly in the section on fish, have the detail and rigor of an anatomy textbook.

However, he is facing calls from rebel MPs in his own party to toughen up his Bill and get deportation flights started by the spring.

It was said he made some of them stand facing a wall for up to three hours and 'trained' some of the boys by hitting them in the chest to 'toughen them up' or make them hold large bricks above their heads.

Midfielder Leighton Clarkson says new signing Sivert Heltne Nilsen can toughen up an Aberdeen side who he admits were too “soft” last season.

Premier Roger Cook made the announcement on Sunday and said the update was part of a wider plan to toughen the state's firearm laws.