Sentence examples for is rugged in from inspiring English sources

Life is rugged in northern Vermont, up in the woods by the Canadian border where Don Bredes sets his rawboned rural crime novel, COLD COMFORT (Harmony, $22).

An improved HarshawTLD™ extremity dosimeter system that is rugged in design and easy to wear is presented.

While Argentinean Patagonia can be barren and almost desert-like, Chilean Patagonia is rugged in the classical sense.

A superb first half saw Ross stamp his authority on an experienced midfield, proving to be rugged in the challenge and confident in possession.

The indoor recreational mountain climbing wall on Broadway and 62nd Street was intended to be rugged in terrain, not in climate.

Another issue that contributes to the difficulty of navigating these landscapes – and one can indeed make a mental picture of them as being like natural landscapes – is that they are rugged, in the sense that to access a larger peak the 'journey' may mean descending to a ('fitness') level lower than where one is presently.

The greater portion of the 58.1-sq-mi (150.6-sq-km 150.6-sq-km 150.6-sq-kmy recent volcanislandgin, is rugged, culminating in the west in Mofnt Profítis Ilías (2,464 ft [751 m]).

The topography of the governorate is rugged, consisting in the south of granite and sandstone mountains cut by steep-walled wadis (seasonal watercourses).

There are no real mountains, but the trail is rugged, ranging in elevation from 601 feet above sea level at the shore of Lake Superior, to 1,829 feet at Rosebush Ridge, near Canada.

Most of the island's interior is rugged and covered in thick jungle.

A half-wild cat is like a feline S.U.V. an indicator that its owner is rugged and adventurous, if only in her habits of consumption.