Sentence examples for tough at first from inspiring English sources

The going was tough at first.

"It was tough at first, but he kept working with me".

"It was definitely tough at first but the outcome is definitely greater for all of us".

Returning to the classroom after 15 years, she found, was tough at first.

It was tough at first to make any sense out of 20 Across, especially when I only had HAYN_____ ACK.

So it was tough at first, dangerous yet dynamic to start again without the heaviness of the past".

a little tough at first--it's the first time I've been out of a job since high school". But he said his five-year, 45-91 record at Loyola eventually overshadowed the problems he had putting together a program to play a Division I schedule.

"It's tough, frustrating at first.

He found Portland tough going at first.

"It was a tough adjustment at first," he told me.

It was tough going at first, says Ian Mackenzie, chief executive of Harris Tweed Hebrides.