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
“It’s what we need to do to win the next play. That toughness, that internal belief. That’s what it’s about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“There’s a lot more toughness going on, and we’ve had to be a little bit tougher in the last couple of years as conditions have gotten so much weaker.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
And you’d be right, because being breakable has nothing to do with toughness.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing toughness
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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