Sentence examples for considered tough from inspiring English sources

Their predecessors, Peter Sutherland and John Browne, were both considered tough and were widely admired.

In 1998, nearly 100 detainees staged a hunger strike to protest what they considered tough criteria for getting parole.

With the investigation behind him, Mr. Feeney is considered tough to beat, especially by a first-time candidate with little name recognition in a heavily Republican district.

And as the City Council speaker, Ms. Quinn is already an outlier; the state and city are considered tough terrain for female candidates.

It has historically been considered tough in its consideration of transactions in industries like energy, technology and aerospace, but has little precedent in examining food deals.

Last week, Watson, a former first baseman, issued a warning that he would be even tougher than Robinson, whom many in baseball considered tough in handing out penalties for acts like charging the mound, fighting and bumping umpires.

But the four-man bobsleds are considered tougher to navigate.

There are few who would be considered tougher than Mills, 44, who has always been the essence of the franchise.

Even so, the scores on the national test, considered tougher than the state tests, did not exactly show a mastery of material.

Thus, the tougher the job is perceived to be -- and nothing is considered tougher than the presidency -- the less likely it is that a woman will get the nod.

The sanctions in Resolution 1874 were considered tougher than previous versions largely because China and Russia, the closest thing North Korea has to friends, agreed to a mixture of financial and trade restrictions designed to choke off military development.