toughen
verb (used with or without object)
toughens
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present tense formof toughen (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The Sixers’ schedule toughens up next week with a game against Chicago, the 12th team in the East.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
The reform also toughens the rules on wiretapping, a hotly debated issue in Italy, by curbing the use in trials of tapped conversations involving people not under direct investigation.
From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2023
They are challenging to get rid of, too: The eggs are protected inside the mother’s body, which toughens after death into a cyst that can survive in the soil for years.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 27, 2022
“It toughens up at the stress point. They depend on wind to have girth,” Hinckley said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
The only thing that changed is that he calls me Space Boy twice as often, which only toughens my resolve not to press the button.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
