strictness

Example Sentences

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Without the narrative strictness demanded by the investment bank’s setting, anything can and will happen.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Children are scared to go to a school run like a "military boot camp" because of a teacher known for his strictness, a parent claims.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2024

The schools, which are typically single-sex, also vary in standards, strictness, the number of days and hours they’re open as well as the fees they charge.

From Reuters • Feb. 16, 2023

Carried out with varying degrees of strictness and workarounds, the directives prohibit medical aid in dying, abortion, some types of fertility treatments and contraception, including tubal ligations and vasectomies.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2023

But I had lost my old strictness about sanctity.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez