Sentence examples for thin tough from inspiring English sources

Made from a sheet of single atoms arranged in a honeycomb structure, graphene is a thin, tough and very flexible material.

One was a version of Parmesan made at the sadly-now-closed Shiek's in Torrington, Conn., in which the eggplant was salted and pressed into thin, tough slices before layering with way too much mozzarella, in true Italian-American style.

"Parker" is an action movie, which means that it should be judged, first if not foremost, by the effectiveness of the scenes of fighting, chasing and shooting that are strung together like baubles on a thin, tough filament of plot.

For instance, some New Zealand plants have thin, tough leaves when they are young, but when they mature — and grow taller than a moa could chomp on — they put out leaves that are wider and less leathery.

Shouldn't ginger be peeled before it is used? A. Recipes that call for fresh ginger usually refer to mature ginger, which has a thin, tough skin that is dark gold or light brown in color.

Most important, you must remove the thin, tough membrane that is attached to the bone side of the ribs (the membrane would prevent smoke and seasoning from penetrating, and the ribs would be tough).

Within the barrios, sometimes among the secondhand tools and cell-phone adapters lying for sale on a blanket next to the road, there would also be a tall, mesh cage with a thin, tough-looking fighting cock inside.

THIN margins, tough regulations and worries about reputation make trading commodities look like a source of worries not profits for nervous bank bosses.

Dr Vijayaraghavan's team plans to make a thin but tough, tear-resistant membrane, suitable for condoms, by mixing it with latex or polyurethane.A second group that is interested in graphene, run by Lakshminarayanan Ragupathy of HLL Lifecare, India's largest condom-maker, hopes to go further.

Stop using the batter when bubbles no longer appear on the top (there may be about 1 cup left), or the blini will be thin and tough. 5. To serve, brush blini lightly with melted butter and top each with a dab of crème fraîche or sour cream and a small dollop of caviar.

It is important to keep the volume of filtrate as low as possible to create a thin and tough mud cake on a wellbore's porous surface.