rugged
Example Sentences
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A rugged Martian landscape that resembles a giant spiderweb when seen from orbit may hold important evidence about the history of water on ancient Mars.
From Science Daily
The rugged individualists’ arguments run the gamut from a sincere nostalgia — many chairs designed and installed in the 20th century didn’t even have safety bars, they note — to the intentionally absurd.
From Los Angeles Times
A rugged, hard-tackling defender who won league titles in France, England and Spain and played 72 times for Argentina, Heinze commands instant respect on the training ground, where he works primarily with the defensive players.
From BBC
Martindale and her research team, including Stéphane Bodin of Aarhus University, were exploring the rugged valley to study the ecology of ancient reef systems that once existed there when the area lay beneath the ocean.
From Science Daily
Population centers and major lines of communication are spread out within the interior of the country, beyond borders ringed by rugged mountain ranges, making enemy supply lines vulnerable to interdiction.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
