toughen

Example Sentences

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Toughen up Seattle and do the right thing and kick these people out.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2022

Green had positioned himself at a bottle station, and as she made her final loop of the circuit, he shouted “Rule 5!” at her, which was essentially code for: Toughen up!

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2021

Toughen up and learn how to navigate your way through a jughandle one time for me.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 9, 2019

Toughen up like the tough cookie you are, and make a determination not to be exposed to this condescension.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2017

Prepare to receive the buffetings of Neptune Toughen the interior for a lodging-house diet.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 by Various