Sentence examples for tough charge from inspiring English sources

Pence agreed that to compare Clinton with the president at the heart of the Watergate scandal was a "tough charge".

It's been a tough charge to escape, particularly for those running in the thousands of dollars; as such, it's probably no surprise that the market has seen, to put it mildly, a cooling off.

Most victims' families have conversations with prosecutors, and they often ask for tough charges.

In arguing his client's cause during the congressional fight, Mr. Wilson hurled some tough charges.

Should Mr Snowden ever return to America (as he has said he would like to), he will probably still face tough charges.

The prosecutor's office has brought tough charges, requesting a 10-year sentence for causing grievous bodily harm, her lawyer said on television on Friday.

Tough charges can be useful in other ways, said Eric Abrahamsen, a defense lawyer in Tallahassee, Fla.: a charge like second-degree murder may be harder to prove in court than manslaughter, but could pressure a defendant into a plea bargain or allow the jury to "split the baby" by choosing the lesser charge of manslaughter.

If she didn't, the logic goes, she would be so concerned about potential litigation that she might not have the backbone to make tough charging decisions, especially against powerful defendants like organized-crime bosses or cops.

It is the toughest charge he could have faced.

The prosecution has to pick the toughest charge it thinks it has proved.

But the architects' toughest charge was the stations themselves, narrow platforms in what was essentially an industrial environment.