toughness
Example Sentences
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“His relentlessness and his toughness are in the blood of our team.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Martins played at Florida Atlantic, and she injected the Ambassadors with a layer of toughness and accountability.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“It just showed a lot of her mental toughness that, when we needed her the most, she was going to be there for us on the defensive end and on the rebounding end.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026
His team under performed in too many areas but the simple truth is that Ireland have more guns than they have, more toughness, more characters who will go to any length in order to win.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
There was an immediate impression of shrewdness and toughness; the Prime Minister thought he understood why the Wizarding community preferred Scrimgeour to Fudge as a leader in these dangerous times.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing toughness
Engineering - Introductory
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