How to Use strident in a Sentence

strident

adjective
  • The strident tone in his voice revealed his anger.
  • The strident tone from the Fed boss set off alarm bells on Wall Street, and stocks dropped during the speech.
    Charles Riley, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The sound of Washington might be the cheery chime of a closing Metro door or the strident chant of a protest march.
    Washington Post, 20 July 2021
  • After three decades of strident, self-righteous hypocrisy, that part of the game is over.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Lee doesn't pull any punches on either side, and the film can feel strident at times.
    Elliott Smith, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2023
  • If anything, Tai was even more strident than Trump had been.
    Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Get it right before Mars issues a strident call to wake up and smell the coffee.
    SFChronicle.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Not all ranchers are as strident as McIrvin, and many struggle over what to do.
    Josh Adler, National Geographic, 17 Aug. 2020
  • On the last day of April, strident Mars arrives in Aries taking you through to early June.
    Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Mion emerged from the hiding spot the following morning to find the strident sounds of war replaced with the sweet smell of cake.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The message from some of the most strident quorum-breakers to their colleagues was clear: Don’t fall for it.
    Patrick Svitek and Cassandra Pollock, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Bong could have been more strident in his social critique but hasn’t.
    Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Being the lead singer of a strident rock band has virtues both public and personal.
    Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 3 Mar. 2022
  • But not all were thrilled; some found Jonas too strident or eccentric.
    New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • At the start of the sanctions against Russia, one of the most strident statements came from Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange.
    NBC News, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Trump and Vance will be strident and polarizing in their rhetoric.
    Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 22 July 2024
  • Romney had been one of Trump’s most strident critics in the 2016 election, calling him a phony and a fraud.
    Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
  • Yeah, there’s a good debate to be had on this, but this group has already come out strident and ridiculous instead of.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The episode isn’t subtle, but it’s neither strident nor self-righteous.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • But then the show became a strident piece of agitprop that strained credulity.
    Omid Khazani and Henry Chu, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Platonov is among the least strident of Soviet writers.
    Patrick Kurp, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Obama's endorsement of Biden on Wednesday was more strident than in the past.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Her resilience has a heartfelt core that keeps her from seeming too shrill or strident.
    Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But such is the tenor of these times that change may well be coming to Mississippi, a cradle of some of the most strident civil rights protests in the 1960s.
    Wenei Philimon, USA TODAY, 13 June 2020
  • Other Twitter users were quick to point out the gym’s swift pivot from its strident Pride Month displays in June.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Frank Schubert’s strident views put his sister, who is gay and the mother of two sons, in a tough position.
    Hannah Wileystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022
  • Despite the strident protestations of Democrats, there is no sign Tata will be leaving.
    Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2020
  • In large-scale works his sound was typically strident and bold.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2021
  • If anything, the bishop's comments have grown more strident.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 27 June 2023
  • Judging by her social media, Perelman is a strident, unreasoning critic who blames only Israel, not Hamas.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024

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