How to use "tough" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "tough" in popular movie and book plots

  • With Cherry's memory disk, Treadwell hires Edith "E" Johnson, a tough tracker, to guide him to the factory.  - Cherry 2000
  • Katinka (Milla Jovovich), Mugatu's tough henchwoman, and her aides attack the group, forcing Derek and Matilda to flee.  - Zoolander
  • Larry Gigli (Ben Affleck) is a low-ranking Los Angeles mob enforcer who isn't nearly as tough as he likes to act.  - Gigli
  • Pete proposes, asking Philip to make the case to Kate's tough father, Old Caesar (Randle Ayrton).  - The Manxman
  • Scamp confesses that he wishes to join the Junkyard Dogs, but their tough leader, Buster, demands Scamp to pass a few tests.  - Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure
  • Hutch, refusing to pay, tries to pass himself off as a tough guy who just got out of prison, only to discover that they are in a gay bar.  - Fanboys (film)
  • Mr Mackay is a tough warder with whom Fletcher often comes into conflict.  - Porridge (TV series)
  • Marie does not want to get involved in crime, but Kitty explains the realities of prison life: "You get tough or you get killed.  - Caged
  • He also applies for, and is awarded, a teaching position at the North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London.  - To Sir, with Love
  • However, he proves an excellent leader and organizes his diverse followers into a tough and self-sufficient community.  - Spartacus (film)
  • The children flee down the river with the doll and take sanctuary with Rachel Cooper, a tough old woman who looks after stray children.  - The Night of the Hunter (film)
  • When this happens, Enrique must make the tough decision of missing the flight to Chicago to be by her side, and thus loses the position.  - El Norte (film)
  • The business of farming is a tough affair in those days, but Roy is a hard-working man who eventually succeeds in growing wheat.  - The Tie That Binds (novel)
  • Ralph Meeker plays Mike Hammer, a tough Los Angeles private eye who is almost as brutal as the crooks he chases.  - Kiss Me Deadly
  • Ayala is indicted by a tough prosecutor, hand-selected by Robert Wakefield to send a message to the Mexican drug organizations.  - Traffic (2000 film)
  • Then a hidden doorway back to Earth opens for the hero, who has "proven too tough for Hell to contain".  - Doom (1993 video game)

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