toughness
Example Sentences
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I have always prided myself on my grit, but this place has made me realize that perhaps East Coast toughness masks a greater vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Inside the courtroom, Gonzalez Rogers showed a mix of humor and toughness as she wrangled battalions of dark-suited attorneys lined up against each other in the wood-paneled room.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
“His relentlessness and his toughness are in the blood of our team.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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
She combines the brains of a businessman, the toughness of a prize fighter, the warmth of a companion, the humor of a tragedian.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing toughness
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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