Sentence examples for version of tough from inspiring English sources

It was her latest version of tough.

Their oddest of odd-couple courtships is like an erotic version of tough love: the cuffs force them to get to know each other and test their mettle.

I wrote the book in that "don't feel stupid" tone because I hate so-called self-help books that give their version of "tough love" to girls in the form of school marm-ish reprimands about spreading their legs, or refusing to settle, or eating dairy.

Bryant, for his part, wasn't contentious or abrasive like he was two years ago when he sat across the table from Dwight Howard and tried to administer his version of tough love in a free-agent meeting that went sour.

We don't have to agree with the theology or politics of an Evangelical like Pat Boone, but by expressing his unconditional love for Israel last month, he gave a group of Jews his version of tough love.

What they really meant is that this is Ikonika's version of tough-as-shit club tracks percussive numbers built for bodies jammed into peak-time warehouse raves. .

What that really means is this is Ikonika's version of tough-as-shit club tracks - percussive numbers built for bodies jammed into peak-time warehouse raves. .

What they really meant is that this is Ikonika's version of tough-as-shit club track -percussive numbers built for bodies jammed into peak-time warehouse raves. .

Some versions of tougher standards have already been abandoned.

The bill of his cap pulled down tight over his forehead, he sometimes resembled a miniature version of another tough left-handed pitcher from Texas, the Yankees' Andy Pettitte.

Rooted in the dictate of "la mano dura" — the Puerto Rican version of "get tough on crime" — the department operated for decades under a system that rewarded arrests much more than community policing, criminologists say.