toughness
Example Sentences
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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
Opponents and fans alike have questioned his heart, mentality, and toughness.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
“And then Erica Wheeler is just a winner, and she’s going to bring some toughness and leadership there. So I think with those three at the one-two spot, we’re super excited about that.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 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
Then there were cabbage leaves stuffed with ground meat and rice, cabbage leaves of such a toughness that they were almost impossible to cut without spattering ground meat and rice all over the carpet.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing toughness
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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