"I've already killed one man today, and think none of you so tough-skinned as him.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

Because they have quick, sometimes vengeful tempers, their partners need to be tough-skinned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer's Block: Year of the Ox] Reference

We have to find a way to be tough-skinned enough to avoid all of that, or at least get through it.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Football - Washington vs. Colorado] Reference

Unlike the tough-skinned Bryant, she seems genuinely hurt and offended by the criticism leveled at her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anna Wainwright: Carrie Prejean, Let's Talk About Milk] Reference

They are a little pricey, but worth every penny in the field when hunting tough-skinned game such as wild boar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arrow Choice] Reference

The glittering, tough-skinned mass of insects looked like something akin to ants, only each of them was two inches long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Venus in Danger]

Most kids are resilient and tough-skinned enough to accept a normal amount of rejection from other kids on the playground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Find Your Focus Zone] Reference

"I love this feeling of being a tough-skinned amphibian," she shouted, running through a clump of nettles and back into the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Making a romantic splash on a wild swim in Wales] Reference

Poor Lana -- ordinarily a tough-skinned woman but now suddenly a delicate flower -- ran off in tears, her feelings hurt by Frank's words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth]

Most feature a cut-on-contact tip that penetrates better than any other head, making them ideal for tough-skinned game like elk, bears, and big whitetails.    From Wordnik.com.  [How to Choose a Broadhead] Reference

I see it as something like the creation of an elephant: low birthrate + long gestation + prolonged adolescence = one big, smart, long-lived, tough-skinned critter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fan (non)fiction] Reference

The tough-skinned, thick-tailed visitors did not want to possess and exploit Fluva so much as they wished to deny it and its resources to the humans and the thranx.    From Wordnik.com.  [Drowning World]

By now only microbes inhabited the equatorial regions, while at the poles a few hardy, tough-skinned plants were browsed by sluggish animals heavily armored against the heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]

Well, that people in S Chicago are tough-skinned and outspoken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogger News Network] Reference

"We're tough-skinned people who won't be affected by them," Carroll said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Articles on CollegiateTimes.com] Reference

"She's aware of the criticism, but Rachael is tough-skinned," coach Tom Zakrajsek said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference

"Business is business, and if you're not tough-skinned, you'll get your feelings hurt.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Anderson Independent Mail Stories] Reference

Their story is now part of a proud family epic, mostly populated with tight-lipped, tough-skinned people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Local News from union-bulletin.com] Reference

"I don't think you can get to this point, a national champion and in the Olympics, and not be tough-skinned.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Vail Daily - Top Stories] Reference

There are plenty of strong performances, and LaBeouf does a nice job of becoming the tough-skinned pragmatist.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com Life News] Reference

Tuna fishermen are mostly tough-skinned, hardened people with tons of character and a steely glint in their eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bakersfield.com Latest news] Reference

Back then, Angelo Diaz's tough-skinned father, a railroad man, ran a card game out of his kitchen that lasted three days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

What he really needed, I expect, was a couple of cub bears to exercise his teeth and paws on; good, husky, tough-skinned ones, at that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torchy As A Pa] Reference

A young expert named Thomas B. Doolittle was at once set to work, and presently appeared the first hard-drawn copper wire, made tough-skinned by a fairly simple process.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of the Telephone] Reference

He hadn’t believed it was possible for such a tough-skinned giant to fall so hard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Castles and The Lion’s Lady] Reference

The bottom line is Tony and I are very much in love and we ` re also tough-skinned, so we ` re able to handle this. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 11, 2008] Reference

Furthermore, she’s only lethal against the tough-skinned Ghouls in close quarters; no more than ten or twenty feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Masked] Reference

Leaders have to be tough-skinned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Redskins' Snyder: Reputation management in a digital age] Reference

I hope they are tough-skinned and fair-minded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » FISA judges to convene:] Reference

"But you do have to be tough-skinned when it comes to the crazies that make claims about you. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [BuddyTV] Reference

Back then, Angelo Diaz’s tough-skinned father, a railroad man, ran a card game out of his kitchen that lasted three days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kansas City Star: Front Page] Reference

But men are tough-skinned and hard to kill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewel Weed] Reference

The summer grape is another tough-skinned grape.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls] Reference

Jesse's were larger, harder, with long, straight, tough-skinned fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Man Called Jesse]