Sentence examples for play rough with from inspiring English sources

Clinton seemed to me less hesitant, more ready to play rough with the administration, an approach with its own risks.

Tocchet said he expected the Flyers to bully Crosby and Malkin, and the Penguins to play rough with Briere and Claude Giroux.

Nor has the United States had the stomach to play rough with the Revolutionary Guards: they take our citizens and yet we don't send Delta Force to nab their senior commanders operating abroad.

The democracy movement, he says, must not impose on itself the same sort of false unity that China's Communist Party claims to enjoy, which in fact becomes an excuse to stifle alternative opinions.Can, though, democracy activists make any dent in the armour of a strong, confident government that does not hesitate to play rough with its opponents?

The TouchPC Voyager is a handheld computer that dares you to play rough with it.

Either way, analysts seem to agree that Apple is one bad mamma jamma to play rough with, and Samsung will probably continue to step lightly until this whole legal mess is over.

Sean plays rough with Mary Kate all along, but we'll call it slapstick and let it go -- Sunday at 10 15 a.m. on TBS.

Handsome and athletic at 38, he certainly looked fit as he bounded about the stage, taunted his servant Leporello (the charismatic bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni) and played rough with the women he pursued.

Some suspect the country's military establishment may harbour a stronger desire to see the back of Obama as his administration, in sharp contrast to that of George Bush (and Republican governments in general), was not afraid of playing rough with Pakistan, even at the expense of humiliating its armed forces.

A murky character notorious for rowdy drinking binges and playing rough with takeover targets, Fredriksen, with his 72 modern crude-oil tankers, has developed a stranglehold on the critical shipping routes that link the oil-thirsty U.S., China and Europe with the Middle East.

In fact, the mammoth online retailer has a history of playing rough with suppliers.