Sentence examples for tough bird from inspiring English sources
A crow is one tough bird.
The excise tax actually has been removed three times, but it has proved a tough bird to kill.
He says that the colt knows that he hasn' been beaten; that he's kindly around the barn, but on the track he's a tough bird.
The waiter whisked it away, but when it was returned a few minutes later, it was still one tough bird, almost impossible to penetrate with a knife.
Ms. Bishop makes for one tough bird, and although Mr. Herrmann isn't given much to do in tonight's episode, he aptly handles another installment, due for broadcast in two weeks, in which Richard and his granddaughter learn to reach out to each other.
A holiday season shout-out to this tough old bird and to assorted tough birds, old and young, down here on the ground.
For starters, turkeys are tough birds, and the hunter should let them get close, within 30 yards, before shooting.
Researchers have been tagging along for years, hoping to learn about these tough birds as they brave rough storms, outsmart predators and conquer tall icebergs.
Yet, if a loon is attacked, they are tough birds.
