This experience will toughen her. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Eventually, the skin will "toughen," and your child won't feel as much discomfort. From Wordnik.com. [Pediatric surgery: Central Line/Subcutaneous Port] Reference
It's really cute--but you could "toughen" it's image up to make it more "Terp" appropriate. From Wordnik.com. [Oh Boy, Get Out the Credit Card...New Cupcake Books Galore!!] Reference
He thought he was about to be put into one of those vile Boys Bands that the Tedrels used to " toughen" the boys. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Valor]
Oh and don't do anything silly like "toughen" your feet. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Well – you must "toughen" your plants more gently than that. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
If you lived in literary London and had as many bad reviews as I did, you kind of toughen up anyway. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"toughen" regulations on the financial industry, I get the same feeling I often have in a theater: Good show but it's not real. From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
I made life difficult in order to toughen and inspire. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Thou Gavest] Reference
It might try to toughen regulation of Fannie and Freddie. From Wordnik.com. [THE TROUBLE WITH FANNIE] Reference
He had fought to toughen his mind and body against such fears. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
Never soak ham in tepid or hot water, as it will toughen the meat. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
Intramural competition would toughen him up for the coming struggle. From Wordnik.com. [LET THEM EAT A BIT MORE CHEESE] Reference
(Load times typically stretch out as efficiency requirements toughen.). From Wordnik.com. [Inside Consumer Reports Test Labs: $700 GE WBVH5300K front-loader heads up the latest models added to ratings] Reference
Tamenund remember, that he had not taught his little son how to toughen. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
The small boy was directed to soak his feet in salt water to toughen them. From Wordnik.com. [Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers] Reference
To ensure the latter, anything that would toughen the gluten must be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management] Reference
To toughen up the candidate, the final segment is devoted to "AG vulnerabilities.". From Wordnik.com. [For Gore, A Blast From The Past] Reference
After Erich Honecker's regime in East Germany pressured Hungary to toughen up, it did. From Wordnik.com. [Reporter's Notebook: The Story Of A Lifetime] Reference
Then he pointed out that Kerry had voted in the past to toughen sanctions against Libya. From Wordnik.com. [Too Soon to Swoon] Reference
Biddy's brave little heart tough, just as hard, unfit work would toughen your little hands. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
The uses of the first I have fully explained -- glue-water and plaster will stiffen or toughen it. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
He also says that the tragedy illustrates the need for Virginia to toughen its drunken driving laws. From Wordnik.com. [Death Of Nun, Sister Denise Mosier, Sparks Anti-Immigration Backlash In Virginia] Reference
The comments came as EU officials proposed new rules Wednesday to toughen oversight of some financial markets. From Wordnik.com. [Merkel Calls For Tougher Financial Regulation] Reference
LUDDEN: The Paycheck Fairness Act would make it easier to prove gender discrimination and would toughen penalties. From Wordnik.com. [Despite New Law, Gender Salary Gap Persists] Reference
Soon he is pitilessly drilling the band and getting local guys to throw beer cans at them, just to toughen them up. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaways] Reference
China might also toughen its stance in Sino-British talks over the 1997 return of Hong Kong, which resume this week. From Wordnik.com. [A Billion Broken Hearts] Reference
How much success have you had with your proposed bills to fight identity thieves and toughen penalties against them?. From Wordnik.com. ['It's Just Too Easy'] Reference
Another challenge for the Energy Department is to toughen energy-use standards and the test procedures they're based on. From Wordnik.com. [DOE to step up energy-use checks on Energy Star-qualified appliances] Reference
One of Showalter's first tactics, to toughen his young Bird pitchers, was to leave the bullpen idle when they got in jams. From Wordnik.com. [Comparing and contrasting Buck Showalter, Jim Riggleman] Reference
Against this backdrop, Korea's ruling Grand National Party is spearheading a move to toughen laws on Internet chat room abuses. From Wordnik.com. [When Words Kill] Reference
He wants Arafat to toughen the PLO's national covenant, which had called for Israel's destruction until it was amended in 1998. From Wordnik.com. [Staking Its Claim] Reference
The plan also would toughen fuel-economy regulations as part of efforts to reduce China's reliance on gasoline and cut pollution. From Wordnik.com. [Auto Makers Join Criticism] Reference
But Zvenyach said the industry's decision not to report its advertising as lobbying validate Cheh's efforts to toughen disclosure laws. From Wordnik.com. [Amount spent to defeat soda tax a mystery] Reference
Relatives of victims of the outbreak were also at the hearing and urged lawmakers to toughen food safety laws, oversight and penalties. From Wordnik.com. [Ninth death associated with nationwide salmonella outbreak] Reference
Rather than break up big Wall Street banks, the White House largely pressed to toughen rules as part of the financial regulatory overhaul. From Wordnik.com. [To consumer advocates, Obama's antitrust enforcement looks like more of the same] Reference
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