tough-mindedness
- a word derived from tough-minded.
Example Sentences
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“He has a poetic quality deep in his heart and soul, and he has just enough tough-mindedness and nostalgia to fill the character of John Barrymore.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2021
It hints at a tough-mindedness that flies in the face of his very cinematic system—the one in which he works, as well as the one he has devised for himself.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 23, 2016
Mr. McNamara distributes characteristics among them, splitting the difference between tough-mindedness and grudging affection.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2015
For sheer quarterbacking command, for timing, recognition, disguise, and tough-mindedness, how about 400 passing yards with a 74 percent completion rate, and two touchdown drives that ate up more than seven minutes apiece.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2014
You would be accused of denying nobler conceptions, and of being an ally of tough-mindedness in the worst sense.
From Pragmatism by James, William
