tough-skinned

They are a little pricey, but worth every penny in the field when hunting tough-skinned game such as wild boar.

Arrow Choice 2010

They are a little pricey, but worth every penny in the field when hunting tough-skinned game such as wild boar.

Arrow Choice 2010

The Manchester United manager admits he has had to change as he has got older, delegating more and toning down his approach with modern players who are not as tough-skinned as they were when Ferguson started out in the game.

Sir Alex Ferguson says he is a phenomenon who is too old to retire 2012

If you're forewarned about the only ill-advised and mildly amusing sexual simile in the book - "Like a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect with a too blunt pin he screwed himself into her" – then there's nothing else risible to fear, which for a novel with penetration on almost every page is an achievement.

The Shape of Her by Rowan Somerfield Francesca Segal 2010

"I love this feeling of being a tough-skinned amphibian," she shouted, running through a clump of nettles and back into the water.

Making a romantic splash on a wild swim in Wales 2010

Judges of the annual literary award said they were especially impressed by a passage comparing lovemaking to "a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect."

Literary Prizes: British Bad Sex Writing in Fiction Award Not For Franzen The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Rowan Somerville has been shortlisted for The Shape of Her, in which a man goes at it "like a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect with too blunt a pin", while in Annabel Lyon's The Golden Mean, sex is more workaday – like "grinding meal".

Thanks to the Bad Sex Award, we know what good sex is Hephzibah Anderson 2010

Judges of the annual literary award said they were especially impressed by a passage comparing lovemaking to "a lepidopterist mounting a tough-skinned insect."

Literary Prizes: British Bad Sex Writing in Fiction Award Not For Franzen The Huffington Post News Team 2010

The testers also wielded the slicing knives and santokus against ham, tough-skinned soppressata, and tender, stringy pot roast to see which had the sharpness and control to produce thin slices, and used utility knives on raw sausage, peppers, and onions.

Some celeb chef kitchen knives, like those from Paula and Martha, don't make the cut 2009

Unlike the tough-skinned Bryant, she seems genuinely hurt and offended by the criticism leveled at her.

Anna Wainwright: Carrie Prejean, Let's Talk About Milk 2009