toughen
Origin of toughen
1Other words for toughen
Other words from toughen
- tough·en·er, noun
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How to use toughen in a sentence
You perhaps have read that “even the NRA” supports toughening mental-illness regulations.
Such a boy is already rewarded by the toughening of the will that perseverance brings: he does not need a ribbon on his sweater.
Cambridge Essays on Education | VariousAnd I have gained time by toughening myself, the rest I used to crave at Plattsburg and on the range no longer being necessary.
At Plattsburg | Allen FrenchI was not standing up to it, nor getting from it that toughening of the inner fibre which it had to yield.
The Conquest of Fear | Basil KingThe cattle, instead of toughening their muscles by walking to pasture, are waited upon by cow-boys in livery.
Olympian Nights | John Kendrick Bangs
He did not think so much about the ways of God as shrewdly, when he grew older, of toughening muscles and hardening flesh.
Rose MacLeod | Alice Brown
British Dictionary definitions for toughen
/ (ˈtʌfən) /
to make or become tough or tougher
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