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

On balance, does all of this suggest a greater degree of tough-mindedness in the Obama administration than some of its critics give it credit for? , the Russian president, seems to accept the notion.

From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2010

He has called things the way he’s seen them in Washington for decades, combining wit, laughter and a zeal for political rough-and-tumble with the tough-mindedness of someone who came to get things done.

From Washington Post

If we put into tough-mindedness the element of moral hardness and unresponsiveness which the prophet must meet, we can see how such an element would condition and limit the prophet.

From Understanding the Scriptures by McConnell, Francis John