stridency
Example Sentences
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What's driving this increased stridency among the public?
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
"In my judgement, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency," she wrote.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024
They’re reminders of ingenuity and resilience, but also the stridency that grew from this country’s stubborn belief in individualism and personal freedom above all else.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2023
Older people were overwhelmed by the youthful revolution’s stridency and chaos, Al Aswany says, and were primed to believe propaganda that claimed the election held no promise of true democracy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2021
It is not as though I had expected an apology from her, but the stridency of this reply did, I must say, take me aback a little.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
