Examples of toughen in a Sentence
The government is toughening antidrug laws.
weight lifting will help toughen those flabby muscles of yours
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The House would toughen the individual Alternative Minimum Tax, hitting more than 4 million households.
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Inspired by escalating retail theft, the initiative toughened penalties for certain property and hard-drug crimes, such as peddling deadly fentanyl.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
The theory was that Nelson would learn to protect his team’s penalty area and to stand up to physical, second-division strikers who could toughen the lad up.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Speaking at a meeting of leaders of countries in southeast Europe held in Odesa, Zelenskyy urged the European Union to toughen its latest package of sanctions now being prepared.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
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Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Inspired by escalating retail theft, the initiative toughened penalties for certain property and hard-drug crimes, such as peddling deadly fentanyl.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 25 June 2025
The theory was that Nelson would learn to protect his team’s penalty area and to stand up to physical, second-division strikers who could toughen the lad up.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 20 June 2025
Speaking at a meeting of leaders of countries in southeast Europe held in Odesa, Zelenskyy urged the European Union to toughen its latest package of sanctions now being prepared.
—Arkansas Online, 12 June 2025
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“Toughen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toughen. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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