Sentence examples for practicing tough from inspiring English sources
Trouble is, Congress is still practicing tough love.
In Moorestown, N.J., Arleen Shabel, an artist, is practicing tough love on her husband of 48 years by gearing up to put their house on the market next month for a third time.
All writers know how hard it is to practice tough love on the children of our verbiage.
The warning is an early example of the Bush administration's vow to practice tough love during emerging-market financial crises.
Sometimes she's sweet ("Biggest Mistake"), sometimes she's mean ("Oh No, Not You Again"), and sometimes she's so screwed up that Mick has to practice tough love ("Look What the Cat Dragged In").
"He practiced tough love, and he meant both parts of it," said Marsha Lindsay, president and chief executive at Lindsay, Stone & Briggs, an agency in Madison, Wis., that began working with Mr. Paster in 1984.
Should we practice tough love and advise white people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps?
A retired chaplain and close friend of Sinclair said he practiced "tough love" on the general and urged him to take responsibility for his actions.
Instead, it has frequently counseled relatives to practice "tough love" and stage "interventions," where if the addicted person doesn't immediately go to rehab, he will lose friends, family and possibly employment.
Iaido is especially appealing, perhaps, to anyone who's ever practiced tough-guy poses in the bathroom mirror.
Practicing having tough conversations builds confidence and personal power.
