Sentence examples similar to severe rugged from inspiring English sources

As Adèle, who is a high-school junior, leans forlornly at the bar, she gets teased and harassed by habitués — she's young, and her ordinary, unstylized high-school look stands out amid severe hairdos, piercings, tattoos, and rugged or sharp fashion statements.

Mr. Stevens fiercely defended earmarks, saying Alaska had special needs because the federal government owned much of its land; because the state's rugged terrain and severe weather required particular help; because, as the 49th state, Alaska needed to catch up with its elders; because its proximity to Russia made it strategically important; and because its oil and gas were national resources.

The surface was rugged and slightly hard.

Within a few months, Gray and Drasdo were the nucleus of a group known as the Bradford Lads, a moniker Drasdo was happy to question given the majority were not from Bradford and that the lads included at least one girl, Marie Ball, who led climbs of Very Severe-graded terrain and held her own in rugged company.

Large RNAs often have rugged folding energy landscapes that result in severe misfolding and slow folding kinetics.

One reason, of course, is that if the clothing is authentic, it was probably put to rugged use, and any that survives without severe wear and tear is eagerly sought after by collectors of Western gear.

For example, Nairobi-based BRCK offers rugged, portable, affordable Wi-Fi hotspots to address the severe consequences of unreliable Internet on a growing economy.

Its severe beauty is as much a tribute to human resilience as to the rugged landscape where it is situated.

She suffered from severe headaches and was reproved by other women for her lengthy walks across rugged terrain (on one dark evening she "was often obliged to crawl upon all fours").

Mexico is situated on the western, or leading, edge of the huge North American Plate, whose interaction with the Pacific, Cocos, and Caribbean plates has given rise to numerous and severe earthquakes as well as the earth-building processes that produce southern Mexico's rugged landscape.

With only five divisions the operation would be complicated by the limited forces available, the rugged terrain of the peninsula and the small number of suitable landing beaches, as well as severe logistical difficulties.