Sentence examples for excessively tough from inspiring English sources

Would appeal to those who have abandoned the Democrats require excessively "tough guy" posturing on crime and foreign policy?

In a column on Broderick's brief demotion to patrolman in 1934, Westbrook Pegler said that the demotion would do him some good, that he "was excessively tough at times and there were occasions when, pining for action, he bounced round people who were in not particular need of bouncing around".

"So not excessively excessive.

Don't excessively use bad words.

To women who obsess over and excessively pluck their brows, tough talk is sometimes necessary.

A disappointing crab cake — made with tinned crab meat — was excessively breaded and fried to a tough black skin.

Remember chicken becomes tough and stringy when cooked too fast or when cooked in excessively hot liquid.

No need to make a tough situation even more difficult, by spending excessively on housing you can't afford.

She's historically tough on crime, making her hard to assail as excessively liberal, and on top of that, she's already been vetted by the Senate for her appointment as the attorney general.

Saying that New Yorkers are being subjected to a visual assault by hundreds of oversized, excessively lit or illegal outdoor advertisements, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday that his administration was supporting stricter sign regulations and much tougher penalties for anyone who ignored them.

Everyone excessively tidy, excessively generous.