Sentence examples for close tough from inspiring English sources

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg says he expects a "close, tough race" with team-mate Lewis Hamilton for victory in Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.

"It was a close and tough game, and we stayed close after it was over.

Critics said he didn't want to close out tough games — that he would defer to Wade when things got tight.

AMD Tries To Put 2002 To Rest 01.16.03 The chipmaker will close a tough year with a loss and hope for a home run with its Hammer line.

Villaraigosa eventually pulls it together -- the contest will be close and tough and Obama will win because of his record of "defending and fighting for the middle class".

Those aspects of the HBO drama were usually very effective, even if I wish some aspects of "True Detective" didn't roam dangerously close to tough-guy cliches.

"It was a straight-sets win, but it was much, much closer and tougher than the score indicated," he said.

Djokovic toppled Juan Martín del Potro in the quarterfinals, in a three-set victory that felt more like a five-setter, in a match Djokovic described afterward as "much closer and tougher than really the score indicated".

On the campaign trail, Trump marketed himself as the ultimate closer, a tough-talking businessman who could renegotiate trade deals and international agreements to better benefit the American worker.

"We came very close to a tough situation last year".

Cotto gave Mayweather a fight beyond expectation, a close fight, a tough fight, an instant classic.