toughie
Example Sentences
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It’s a toughie because you feel like there’s an answer you’re supposed to give and then there’s an answer you wanna give.
From Los Angeles Times
"We were not toughies and they made us toughies – I became a trained infantry man," he said.
From BBC
Quiz five out of five and this one is a toughie.
From BBC
When the waitress, a toughie who intimidated us when she took our order, brought out the soup, she glared at us as she dropped it at the table.
From New York Times
Mind you, the first knockout hurdle on the road to Istanbul looks a toughie.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
