Sentence examples for grows even tougher from inspiring English sources

The difficulties of knowing exactly your relation with the Smith family next door, and with Smiths all across the country, grows even tougher when you try to compare different eras: this age of high inequality versus the so-called golden ages of the '50s and '60s.

Since hip-hop's rise, girl groups have grown even tougher.

Kelner brought him over to help sustain the Indy in a tight corner that grew even tougher (and Kelner has, when all is said and done, saved the paper again).

The Bush administration's posture toward the North grew even tougher as it warned that the United States would not only go after terrorists but also the states that sponsored them, something Washington has long accused North Korea of doing.

But the task grew even tougher when Strauss and his opening partner Alastair Cook were dismissed in consecutive overs from South Africa's opening bowler Vernon Philander in the evening sunshine, leaving England on six for two — and the captain with only 107 runs from six innings in the series.

But the race grew even tougher this week with revelations that Walsh apparently plagiarized much of a paper he presented at the U.S. Army War College.

And for the past few years they have grown: Even in its tough first quarter, Dell's services business rose 28% to $1.4 billion.

Stress buildup worsens meltdowns, so a misguided attempt to "tough it out" can cause things to grow even worse.

"Even though the economy is growing, even though it's created more than two million jobs over the past 15 months, we still face some tough times," he said.

Microfinance has grown even faster.

Retail loans have grown even faster.