tough-minded
Example Sentences
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The authorities say it was an accident, but Isaiah’s neighbor—a taciturn, tough-minded 37-year-old woman named Smilla—suspects foul play.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Based on an especially tough-minded piece of writing, this is a film that will get you contemplating pettiness and righteousness both.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
G DeShawn Harris-Smith, Maryland, 6-5, 215: Heralded as a tough-minded and fearless player, the stat-sheet stuffer from Woodbridge, Virginia, led his team to the state title last season.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2023
How does a person whom Time called "a tough-minded man who has long shown an abundance of intellectual and physical resiliency" wind up on a window ledge?
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
“Nobody can change that much,” said Brinker in his new tough-minded way.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
