Sentence examples for used tough from inspiring English sources

Mr. Perry countered that Mr. Romney had used tough words for Social Security in his own book, "No Apology".

Authorities have used tough language to denounce such actions but have refrained from sending in the police to break up protests.

During political appearances today, President Bush said he hoped the United Nations would force Saddam Hussein to comply with its resolutions, but he used tough language condemning him.

Santa Clara scored a first-half goal today and then used tough defense to beat top-seeded North Carolina, 1-0, to win the N.C.A.A. women's soccer championship.

From the campaign trail in Indiana, our colleague Patrick Healy notes that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton used tough language in reacting today to the news.

In carving out a negotiating position to push the spending level down, the administration used tough language in a statement, saying it "strongly opposes this bill".

Like Bill Clinton, he has used tough-on-crime positions to offset an otherwise predictably liberal profile.

Page A20 Obituaries ROY L. ASH, 93 He used tough-minded analytic acumen to build a multibillion dollar conglomerate, Litton Industries, and to become a force in the Nixon White House, where he led the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Tsk, tsk, said Judge Crabb, though she used tougher language and painstakingly enumerated the maze of companies in the Spangenberg empire.

The battle to close the Hollywood wage gap got a new champion when Robin Wright, star of Netflix's "House of Cards," shared that she used tough-as-nails tactics when it came to negotiating her salary with the streaming content provider.

McMahon likes to use tough talk to describe his ventures.