Similar words: roughen, ploughed, tough, toughness, high-end, rough, dough, bough. Meaning: ['tʌfn] v. make tough or tougher.
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1. The government wants to toughen the existing drug laws/controls.
2. My father tried to teach me to toughen up.
3. Talks are under way to toughen trade restrictions.
4. The UN announced its intentions to toughen sanctions still further.
5. His parents sent him away to school to toughen him up.
6. The schools claimed to toughen boys, and they did.
7. However, the Dulwich experience taught him to toughen up.
8. He was told to toughen up!
9. Silver might be added to toughen the metal for making jewellery intended for hard wear.
10. Women's groups are demanding that Congress toughen the law against stalkers.
11. Attempts to toughen the system by introducing a compulsory voucher system have done little to deter people.
12. He also proposes to toughen civil and criminal penalties for willful child labor violations.
13. This experience will toughen her.
14. Has other kids'bad behavior led you toughen your standards?
15. Basically he needs to toughen up a little bit.
16. All this mountain climbing will toughen the boys up.
17. The results show that polyetherimide toughen this resin system, but improve the dielectric performance.
18. The city council is determined to toughen up the against crime.
19. EU ministers also agreed to toughen against Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe.
20. The city council is determined to toughen up the fight against crime.
21. Taking care of pooch was his attempt to toughen me up and teach me responsibility.
22. The company leader said that army life would toughen the recruits up.
23. The result is that individual countries increasingly toughen their laws on adoption.
24. Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
25. Nest time use surgical spirit weeks in advance to toughen your feet.
26. The mineral to be most wary of is calcium,(sentencedict.com/toughen.html) which can toughen some grains when used during cooking.
27. Just the opposite is true with cake, muffin or quick-bread recipes where too much gluten will toughen the finished product.
28. Heal thyself White says the technology could be used to toughen common devices like mobile phones.
29. They have put considerable pressure on the Government to toughen its stance.
30. He needs a neat diet and plenty of hard exercise to toughen him up.