Sentence examples for less toughened from inspiring English sources

The others, less toughened by external invasion and less resistant to the Cathari (or Albigensian) religious heresy from within, were vulnerable to an expanding Capetian monarchy.

Although toughened ceramics are far less tough than metals, they represent a vast improvement over conventional ceramics and glass.

In other words, hard coatings usually are brittle and less durable while toughened coatings are of lower strength.

The main thinking in our present work is to achieve a good toughness-strength balance in an elastomer-toughened thermoplastic system with less amount of elastomeric phase, i.e., the blend of poly(lactic acid) (PLA)/olefin block copolymer (OBC) 90/10 w/w.

In this article toughening methods are described and prospects for toughened ceramics assessed.

Just as macroscopic reinforcing bar (rebar) can toughen materials, the planar CNT/graphene is a toughened form of 2D material, and it is termed here as "rebar graphene".

It costs more than similar toughened-up mini-MPVs (for that is what it is), yet has a smaller engine and less versatility (no underfloor storage, for example).

Does toughened glass work?

'But toughened glass is very strong.

"They're a little toughened up.

Toughened ceramics also can lose their properties at elevated temperatures.