Sentence examples for demonstrating toughness from inspiring English sources

Women, Ms. Gorlin said, face a challenge in demonstrating "toughness," so as to overcome doubts that they can "make the cuts to balance the budget that would put people out of work, or cut day care," or "pull the switch on a convicted killer".

She will demonstrate toughness, but also the graciousness that is another part of her character.

Even in a loss, the Knicks demonstrated toughness and resolve Friday.

Accused students have successfully invoked Title IX itself in claiming that the desire to demonstrate toughness on sexual assault led to their unfair treatment as males.

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Perhaps as a young, untested Democratic president, he had to demonstrate toughness, particularly on Afghanistan.

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After demonstrating his toughness in facing down warhawks in Moscow and Washington, Kennedy began moving to bring Cold War tensions into a more rational framework.

But in this contest, the issue of immigration is also a means of demonstrating generalized toughness at a time when GOP voters, many of them fearful of terrorism, economic uncertainty and cultural shifts, are demanding a forceful presence at the top of the ticket.

In South Africa, there is a considerable body of research on hegemonic masculinity (Morrell et al. 2013) that elaborates on the situated 'contents' of hegemonic masculinity and argues that demonstrating strength, toughness and the capacity to use and often actual use of violence are very much part of hegemonic masculinity there.

He said his track record demonstrated his toughness on crime.