The steak was over-cooked and as such, I found it tough to chew. In his prime, Mike Tyson was considered to be a tough competitor in the boxing ring.
Adversity is tough times.
In this current tough economy, a demotion is better than losing your job all together. After 10 years as the company manager, it was tough for him to accept the domotion back to the sales floor.
There are no pronouns for a pair of scissors. Try 'I was trying to cut the card with scissors, but it was too tough for them'. In that sentence 'them' is a pronoun for scissors.
Janet was a prideful woman, refusing the assistance of her family when times were tough.
a hard nut, a hard nut to crack, a hard row to hoe, a tough cookie, a tough nut, a tough row to hoe, be as tough as old boots, tough as an old boot, tough as nails, tough cookie, tough customer
In tough situations you ought to be as tough as steel, otherwise you must remain as soft as butter.
America is tough. The sentence is too general to be of much use to a reader. What part of America is tough? Specifically, how is America tough? What makes it that way? Details always help to reduce the breadth of a sentence.
we can use tough instead of hard.
It'd be tough to get through that difficultobstacle.
Adversity is tough times.
Tough Glenn was devout, he was no zealot who tried to force his beliefs on friends. Who is Tough Glenn?
Michelle was slender and tough,with sinewy muscles.
Vociferous is a tough word to figure out.
That math test was really tough!
The Raiders quarterback is one tough hombre.
The evil witch, who looked like an enchanting princess at first, turned out to be pretty tough to defeat.
"Even though he knew that he would have a tough time giving up smoking, he was determined to do it." "After the factory closed, he had a tough time finding a new job."