"tough defender" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe someone or something that is strongly protective or uncompromising. For example, "She was a tough defender of her beliefs, refusing to be swayed."
Thornton, who averages 14.5 points and five assists, is the tough defender and savvy court leader for sixth-ranked Gonzaga.
But like bishops before him, the archbishop was also a tough defender of the church's interests, clergy and bank balances.
"He's a tough defender, and in this league you've got to be able to stop people," Thomas said.
Robertson, an imposing player with a long auburn mane and thick moustache, would go on to develop a partnership with another tough defender, John Wile.
In New York, the team's tough defender, Ramón Climent, was watching a Chilean cable channel when the list of victims scrolled across the screen.
"He's a slasher, tough defender, very feisty, very competitive guy, and I think he was a good leader for us". Saunders said Al Thornton will take over in the starting lineup.
He said that Bryant overreacted, as if his "manhood was on line," when tough defenders tried to shut him down.
Barack Obama's outreach to Muslims, and America's intent to withdraw from Iraq, have reduced the pressure on clerics to posture as tough defenders of the faith who excuse jihadism.
Paired against an older, stronger, taller guard named Lu Wei, the team's toughest defender, he could not be contained.
"He has been the toughest defender of shareholder return against government attempts to direct value in the energy market towards citizens," says one of Iberdrola's biggest institutional shareholders.
Perfumo played against England in the 1966 World Cup quarter-final at Wembley, captained Argentina in a friendly at Wembley in 1974 (score 2-2) athehe age of 33 and is regarded as Argentina's most elegant, shrewdest, toughest defender.
