Surfers need to be able to paddle through some pretty tough waves.

It was a pretty tough competition and the nerves were really high.

That's pretty tough to have to deal with, she told the newspaper.

His skin is also pretty tough, and the feathers adhere to it.

I felt bad because some of the recent puzzles were pretty tough.

It would be pretty tough for her to be fired out now.

That Colorado River is a pretty tough place down where I was.

That's a pretty tough thing to do to the kids over Christmas.

You know already that there are some pretty tough places down there.

But I guess this valley would be called pretty tough, all right.

This white sheet over them is pretty tough, I can tell you.

I must confess I should regard Bill as a pretty tough proposition.

Yes, and from what I have heard, they are pretty tough customers.

I'm not going to lie - it's been pretty tough so far.

It is pretty tough, Jennie, to see one's ewe lamb slipping away.

It's pretty tough, but as Doctor Forester says, it might be worse.