Sentence examples for a tough note from inspiring English sources

He sounded a tough note this week, saying Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin still "has one foot in the old ways".

Before traveling to Batumi on Thursday morning, Mr. Saakashvili had sounded a tough note, saying, "I am not going to be horse-trading with anyone or meeting anyone halfway.

After suggesting this morning that he was interested in reconciling, Eli Yishai, Shas's leader, sounded a tougher note on television tonight.

Author Mickey Rapkin describes a scene at one concert where a soloist has hit a particularly tough note.

Maybe one cheer for their song choice, and then a boo as they stumble, and then three cheers as they hit a particularly tough note.

Now their queasy western audience may be keener to listen.This week Russia sent a tough diplomatic note to Georgia demanding the extradition of the "hundreds" of Chechen fighters supposedly sheltering there, as well as the closure of a Chechen information centre in the capital, Tbilisi.

"Tough note to communicate today: Automattic had a low-level (root) break-in to several of our servers, and potentially anything on those servers could have been revealed.

It was arrestingly clear and certain here, especially on his version of Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work," where he effortlessly jumped from one tough note to the next.

Merrill Lynch analyst Jason Maynard recently wrote that the firm's field research in late March "suggested that the quarter ended on a much tougher note compared to the somewhat optimistic tone set in January".

"If you are not in the top 10 on comScore you will have a tough time," notes Richman, "money goes to the guys who are big".

"If you are not in the top 10 on comScore you will have a tough time" notes Break CEO Keith Richman, "money goes to the guys who are big,".