Tough in sentence

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And my grandmother was tough, but she was also loving.

And some people think that string theory is tough.

It can be a pretty tough existence, though.

General Eisenhower reputedly said that enlarging the boundaries of a tough problem makes it soluble by encompassing more options and more synergies.

But he was tough when it came to music.

And a tough, slouchy kid got up to bat, and he took a swing and really connected.

But at 15,000 feet, it's tough.

If I asked you to recount the first 10 words of the story that I just told you about Simonides, chances are you would have a tough time with it.

And I noticed, he's not exactly around here today to face any tough questions.

And quite frankly, that's a good question, but there's going to be some tough tradeoffs and choices here, so you want to hope that the process by which the world decides these new goals is going to be legitimate, right?

Long-term trends suggest that this century is going to be a tough place to live, with population increases, consumption patterns increasing, and conflict over scarce natural resources.

But as you add more and more planets, Mars and Jupiter, say, the problem gets too tough for Einstein to solve with a pen and paper.

So this neglected space became a constructive one, and people's hopes and dreams made me laugh out loud, tear up, and they consoled me during my own tough times.

CA: Was there a sense from them of a narrative that things were kind of tough and bad, or was there a narrative of some kind of level of growth, that things over time were getting better?

Certainly, the factory conditions are really tough, and it's nothing you or I would want to do, but from their perspective, where they're coming from is much worse, and where they're going is hopefully much better, and I just wanted to give that context of what's going on in their minds, not what necessarily is going on in yours.

To anyone considering NAND2Tetris, it's a tough journey, but you'll be profoundly changed."

You're expected to be tough physically and silent in the face of adversity.

Water and electricity supply are as unpredictable as the weather, and growing up in these tough situations, at the age of 17, I was relaxing with a couple of friends of mine in winter, and we were sunbathing.

That's a tough space to stand in.

According to scientists, a cheese sandwich is the solution to all your tough decisions.

Ask the tough questions.

Very wise man, because he knew I would, I felt like I was making the decision on my own, and he knew I wouldn't choose St. John's, so I went to Holy Name High School, which was a tough transition because, like I said, I didn't play sports, and it was very focused on sports, but I took solace in Mr. Shilale's art room.

Mostly it's tough.

Either they are going to unlock an awful lot of economic opportunity and make a percentage on all of it or it's all going to crash and burn, which is tough on their shareholders.

I was a little street tough that followed Christian Slater around and badgered him.

By the way, if you think IKEA instructions are not good, what about the instructions that come with kids, those are really tough.

People don't realize how tough it is to write that kind of program that can read a "Jeopardy" clue in a natural language like English and understand all the double meanings, the puns, the red herrings, unpack the meaning of the clue.

"It is a pity," he said, "that the police in this country are not tough enough on bad drivers."

You won't like them all, and the tough ones show up for a reason.

Is this job tough?

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