The phrase "a tough section of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a challenging part of something, such as a text, a journey, or a task.
Example: "The hike included a tough section of steep terrain that tested our endurance."
Alternatives: "a difficult part of" or "a challenging segment of".
He grew up in Brownsville, a tough section of Brooklyn.
He said she raised four children by herself in a tough section of Oakland.
JOSEPH GRUNDFEST: Joseph Grundfest grew up in a tough section of Manhattan -155th Street and Broadway.
In Montebello, a tough section of northeast Baltimore, Newports are shared, sometimes for cash by people trying to recoup the cost of a pack.
When he was 12, his mother died, which caused him to lose focus in school in a tough section of Brownsville, Brooklyn.
Anything can cause a crash – a narrow pinch point in the road, the fight for position as the peloton head towards a tough section of the race or a stray spectator wanting a closer look at the action – one memorable crash at a Tour de France stage finish in 1994 was caused by a policeman stepping out into the road to take a photo.
"I'm in a tough part of the section of the draw," she said of a group which contains her sister Venus, who reduced her to tears while beating her here last year and going on to take the title.
Why the teenagers drove across the Pearl River to that tough section of Jackson is at the heart of the case, which will be presented to a grand jury in a few weeks as a racially motivated crime, Mr. Smith said.
Slender, in her 60s and possessing the stoicism of someone who had single-handedly raised children in the toughest section of the city, our patient faced a difficult challenge of the medical kind.
Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. said that except for Mr. Ferrer, "No one in this race has been there in the toughest section of the city".
The tougher section of the women's draw includes Li Na, the reigning champion from China; two in-form stars in Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, as well as the reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitová and the former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki.
