toughen
Example Sentences
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"In one way it toughened me. But I would have preferred a normal childhood, with friends, with joy," he said, his room decorated with a large painting of his hometown.
From Barron's
Critics say the Act needs to be toughened to make the internet safer, particularly for women and girls.
From BBC
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy have all toughened immigration enforcement in recent years in an attempt to stop a surge in asylum seekers.
Legal scholars, however, say the recent criticism of provisional sentences ignores more than a decade of legislation and jurisprudence aimed at toughening up a legal system that can take years to reach a final verdict.
This week, Japan's new environment minister vowed to toughen bear controls, including by "training government hunters".
From Barron's
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