Sentence examples for tough vigorous from inspiring English sources

But unlike Kennedy, Obama doesn't suffer from the cult of wanting to be tough, vigorous, to seek out challenges because they are there.

Because the borders are big and there is much competition from annuals, grasses, herbaceous perennials as well as other shrubs, all new roses in this part of the garden must be tough, vigorous shrub roses.

The 15th-century Paston Letters constitute an invaluable chronicle of the web of daily life woven by a tough and vigorous English family among the East Anglian gentry during the Wars of the Roses; the composer Mozart and the poet Byron, in quite different ways, are among the most revealing of letter writers.

Despite some wobbles (see article) the Tories show every sign of fighting a tougher, more vigorous and professional campaign than many, including Lord Rennard, thought them capable of.

Thirty years earlier, an altogether tougher, more vigorous Corot had powered "Cottage and Mill by a Torrent" of 1831, now on loan at the Frick.

Buried in the report was this idea: We are intrigued with the suggestion some have made for an organization to be formed that can host robust, vigorous, tough, and professional debates.

Tougher and less vigorous than earlier in the season, they have outlasted all the others and still present us with a tasty meal.

It's tough to make a vigorous movie about someone who can barely move.

"Democratic primaries over the past 20 years have been just as tough and just as vigorous," Ms. DeShong said.

In later work, he was a fierce critic of short-sighted "get tough" policies and a vigorous opponent of defeatist claims that "nothing works".

Powerful regulatory regimes -- strong accounting rules, strict corporate governance, tough securities laws, and vigorous civil and criminal enforcement of the regulations and laws is the greatest infrastructure for strong economic growth that a nation can provide.