toughness
Example Sentences
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Backpack's biography says his "quiet toughness has allowed him to find his niche alongside the biggest bears at Brooks River".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Fire is usually coded as aggression, danger and toughness.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Bell has five baseball players playing football, including quaterback/pitcher Manuel Pasillas, who showed off his toughness, being sacked only once in the first half by San Pedro’s Jaxon Moore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Don’t ever doubt the toughness of Max Eldridge from Corona Santiago High.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
One encyclopedia had a sentence of praise for us: “The common rat is highly valued as an experimental animal in medical research due to his toughness, intelligence, versatility and biological similarity to man.”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing toughness
Engineering - Introductory
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