Sentence examples for tough bruising from inspiring English sources

We stoop through brambles and netting as close to where Walker was found as we can get – it's a tough, bruising walk, not one you could easily imagine a man making with a body in his arms.

(And for those claiming Amour is Haneke's "safest" film, that's like saying that The Island is Michael Bay's least explode-y film – it's still an incredibly tough, bruising watch, more so than anything else in recent Oscar memory).

Those negotiations were tough and bruising.

Although Ms. DeMuria likes the show, and its positive portrayals of gay men, she says the thin, well-heeled heroines don't match her own memories of being single in what can be a tough and bruising city.

Quins director of rugby Conor O'Shea: "That was a tough physical, bruising game.

As tough and bruised as she may be, Julie is no man-hating dragon lady.

Remove bruising and tough spots.

Most likely, Ponting made his mind up on the evidence of the first Test, a bruising encounter in which Australia out-toughed England.

He faces a tough race against a Democrat in November and, before that, a bruising primary battle against a challenger from the right.

There's so much going on with Lisbeth and Mara was able to be all the different Lisbeths — tough, analytical, sexual and bruised.

The highlight: Though the Magician remix is (even) better, the plangent I Follow Rivers is a perfect blend of Spector-style drama and Li's bruised but tough and clear-eyed pop persona, and it sends the tent into meltdown.