Sentence examples for a tough rival from inspiring English sources

"The last two games we played a tough rival game, then at DePaul, they played well and we just struggled".

"That's something you expect when you're playing a tough rival and somebody that has a very similar style of game that I have," he said.

The old man and his family are the obvious favourites, but a tough rival family, led by a toothless, cocksure man called Carver, is also in the running.

Vettel said he expected Webber to continue to be a tough rival for the rest of the season.

Despite much to be bullish about, Grab is up against a tough rival in Uber and in a market that shows little sign of profitability right now.

He now sees that he's facing a tough rival, but I don't think he's going to back off.

Aggravating Mr. Bradley's challenge are polls showing that a central selling point -- that he would be a tougher rival for Republicans in November -- has vanished.

They've also got a much more coherent and better economic system than the Soviet Union did that makes them a tougher rival.

"That effectively means they have to beat Samsung, which is a very tough rival," said Nobuo Kurahashi, an analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo.

The Brazilian added: "It will be a match full of nerves and anxiety, but we have to control our emotions - we will have a very tough rival in front of us.

We can't hold anything back". The Brazilian added: "It will be a match full of nerves and anxiety, but we have to control our emotions - we will have a very tough rival in front of us.