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Grammar : Verb
Spell : tuhf-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʌf ən



Definition of toughened

Origin :
  • 1580s, from tough (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Toughened; toughening.
  • verb harden
Example sentences :
  • The blow was too weak to hurt this toughened veteran of countless battles.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Before the toughened bearing of the hirelings he doubts what manner to assume.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • The will must be exercised in rejecting and accepting that its fiber may be toughened.
  • Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
  • And so bronzed and toughened was his hide that he looked to be made out of sole-leather.
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster
  • Her boys bewildered her as they grew and toughened out of baby fiber.
  • Extract from : « Play the Game! » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • He was toughened for such experiences, so were the men about him.
  • Extract from : « The Search » by Grace Livingston Hill
  • The two great turrets are clad with nineteen inches of toughened steel.
  • Extract from : « Pike & Cutlass » by George Gibbs
  • Six full months there had broadened, thickened and toughened us.
  • Extract from : « Wanderlust » by Robert R. (Robert Rice) Reynolds
  • Here the tough or toughened organisation is usually hopelessly at sea.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Malady » by Cyril Bennett
  • Toughened, as were all the men, some of them succumbed under the fearful work.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Republic » by Charles Morris

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