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 • Dec. 4, 2025
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 • Dec. 19, 2021
Group C’s a toughie, and this trip to Stadio San Paolo will be one hell of a test.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2018
When asked about Judy Garland, he’d say, “I thought she was going to be a toughie, but she wasn’t.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2018
“I knew you were an old toughie the minute I saw you.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
