Sentence examples for tough lines from inspiring English sources

To win primaries, candidates in safe Republican districts (largely in inland areas) have had to please the conservative base, pledging tough lines on immigration and a stout refusal to compromise with Democrats.This has left the party with a cadre of representatives several notches to the right of the median voter, and a serious reputational problem.

It will also have to draw tough lines about free speech vs decency, allowing off-kilter creativity without permitting hate speech to proliferate.

He talked a tough line.

Molotov took a tough line.

The tough line has appeared to work.

The government takes a tough line.

The tough line has yet to win markets over.

The United Nations has taken a tough line on Syrian abuses.

"It is definitely a tough line," Stoudemire said.

The government has been taking a tough line, too.

It has also preached a tough line on immigration.