Finally, after a tough afternoon against the Dodgers made tougher by fans booing him, he heard cheers.

If anything, made tougher; I could see it in their eyes.

The wording of the rule itself, made tougher after 9/11, is classified.

The law against acid attackers needs to be made tougher.

The effort by business to focus its message is made tougher by the blurry ideological lines of today's politics.

As I said earlier, they'll need to be made even tougher.

It works, handsomely, but needs to be made tougher still.

The rule was made tougher five years ago.

The task was made tougher still by the fact that many of the circuits had been damaged by the power surge.

The vote is made tougher for Democrats by the unions' increasingly hostile relationship with the administration.