tough
adjective
strong and durable; not easily broken or cut.
toughs
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pluralof tough.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He’s a guy that toughs it out with a smile on his face, and that smile is very disarming to someone else.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
“Do your feet a favor,” he tells the toughs.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
The entrepreneur, who for security reasons asked that neither he nor the specific nature of his business be identified, initially thought the calls were coming from neighborhood toughs pretending to have links to crime groups.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2022
I brought a retired Chicago cop, an Irish bachelor farmer and some shambolic street toughs with me on my recent vacation to Portugal.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2022
Cleopatra would cheer for Mark Antony as he scuffled good-naturedly with rowdy toughs.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
