Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of toughen.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
- adj. physically toughened
Examples
“Soldiers spin toughened to doing quick as good as ruthlessly what contingency be finished to save themselves.”
“This may sound attractive for anyone who's seen their credit card terms toughened in the past year.”
“Alternately, the Democratic leadership could add in key Democratic priorities, such as toughened financial regulations, bankruptcy law reforms helping homeowners prevent foreclosure, direct government aid to mortgagees, a tax on the financial industry to pay for the bailout, and the job-creating $60 billion economic stimulus/infrastructure spending package the House passed a few days ago.”
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“extract equity" from the rising value of the house and in this way meet the higher repayments when the repayment terms toughened in a year or two.”
“The last week she said she had got "toughened," and did not shiver.”
“Said Matt: "" Coming from a big family really kind of toughened me up.”
“As a high-school student in downtown New York in the 1980s, she twice witnessed street violence and says the experience "toughened" her.”
“Alternately, the Democratic leadership could add in key Democratic priorities, such as toughened financial regulations, bankruptcy law reforms helping homeowners prevent foreclosure, direct government aid to mortgagees, a tax on the financial industry to pay for the bailout, and the job-creating $60 billion economic stimulus / infrastructure spending package the House passed a few days ago.”
“The black leather footwear toughened up her white string bikini, which she wore with a sweater tied around her waist.”
“Vatican officials and church leaders elsewhere have apologized repeatedly, clarified or toughened church policies on ousting abusers and, in the U.S. alone, paid out nearly $3 billion in settlements to victims and removed hundreds of priests.”
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