Sentence examples for tough rock from inspiring English sources

But those in the cave had been busy making crude tools from chert, a tough rock.

They range from country ballads ("Lonesome," which sounds like a lost Patsy Cline gem) to gospel-tinged rave-ups ("10 Rocks") and tough rock numbers ("Gotta Be Better").

Most ores, however, are made up of hard, tough rock masses that must be crushed before the valuable minerals can be released.

His sound had changed again; in place of the Style Council's slickness was a more organic mix of tough rock, pastoral folk and rootsy soul.

It's so direct: it's basic and economical, the instruments are never crowded, the melodies are amazing, the lyrics are great, and Bowie shows how you can play with a tough rock band and still have sophisticated ideas.

The combination of chart-baiting pop and tough rock guitar spawned a legion of imitators in the LA hair metal scene – Mötley Crüe, Poison, Cinderella, Warrant and the like – who tried to set up camp on Van Halen Island.

The parallels are many: explicit criticism of the monarchy as a pillar of the existing class system; the toughest hard rock as the most effective method of making your point; lyrics that are a blast of eloquent rage from the standpoint of an outsider – in each case a young man of Irish extraction.

"Big, tough rock-climbing guys?" She giggled.

It was one of the few moments during this night of gentle balladry and surprisingly tough, rock-inflected country when Mr. Travis appeared distracted.

Tough, rock-hard and almost sinewy, quince is virtually inedible when raw but, with sugar and gentle heat, it can be transformed into a delicacy.

Three thousand men, many of them tough rock-drill operators, they were all too ready for confrontation, armed with magic potions, spears, machetes and a revolver taken from a downed policeman.