Sentence examples for a rough guy from inspiring English sources

I wanted as much of an Everyman as I could get, a rough guy.

"We need a rough guy to get things done," Latham said, almost wistfully.

LILIOM But you wouldn't marry a rough guy like me -- that is -- eh, if you loved me -- JULIE Yes, I would -- if I loved you.

The two clashed two years ago when Mr Turner, who describes himself as a "rough guy from the North" of England, said that Mr Olver (a former BP man), didn't understand the defence industry.

Mr. Farina's persona soon became unmistakable: he was a rough guy with a smooth manner, a vowel-whacking Chicago accent and a grim-looking mustache that belied a sardonic sense of humor.

"So they wanted to see an aggressive guy, a rough guy with boots and his sleeves rolled up, who wouldn't shrink from a fight for social justice, a Lech Walesa, a Nelson Mandela, a challenger, a guy who's a winner, a guy with guts.

"He's a real rough guy," said one young man who declined to give his name.

In a 1952 profile, Associated Press Hollywood columnist James Bacon said that Prinz differed from what he described as "sissified" choreographers, that he was "a rough, tough guy, as some little giants of 5 foot 5 are.

Whether it's a cousin who invested and lost money in a vanity project; the rough guys I knew in my teens; or the friends whose son has caused them so much heartache, I incorporate "what I know about life" into a piece of pure fiction.

"The funny thing is, I would hear the songs and think, That's a tough life they're describing, they must be rough guys — and they're actually so elegant".

But they were just two rough guys.