Sentence examples for decidedly tough from inspiring English sources

Decidedly tough, though, were grilled pork chops under a mantel of orange zest and shiitake mushrooms.

But those tactics were a decidedly tougher sell with the Connecticut electorate at large.

Fidel returned shortly and adopted a decidedly tougher stance toward the United States.

If he comes through those relatively straightforward challenges, it gets decidedly tougher.

But the Giants have had a decidedly tougher path to the Super Bowl and have faced a tougher strength of schedule throughout 2011.

But she's had a decidedly tougher time making headway in bringing home her city's beloved professional football team, which decamped to nearby Prince George's County in Maryland 19 years ago.

Even as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg stuck to his nonconfrontational budget negotiating tactics, Council Speaker Gifford Miller took a decidedly tougher approach yesterday, accusing both Gov. George E. Pataki and President Bush of cheating New York City out of billions of dollars.

But in recent days, American officials have acknowledged that the conversation took a decidedly tougher turn when it came to North Korea, and that Mr. Obama emerged from the meeting frustrated at Mr. Hu's unwillingness to acknowledge the North's actions, much less put additional pressure on the country.

“The market is decidedly tougher.

Since taking office 18 months ago, he has made "reurbanization," his No. 1 goal, using decidedly non-tough-guy lines like "we need places where the public can exchange social dialogue".

While Schmidt has had his champions here (MOMA exhibited important bodies of work in 1988 and 1996), his pictures are tough and decidedly unspectacular — not exactly catnip for collectors.