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Examples of stridency
stridency
These murmurs should worry Mr Cameron much more than the stridency of the Right.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Impartiality has given way to the stridency of Fox News and the internet bloggers.
From the economist.com
Such stridency constrains any Japanese leader judged at home to be appeasing China.
From the economist.com
Beatrice's stridency has you wondering exactly what Benedick sees in her.
From the washingtontimes.com
On the other hand, it has been criticizing the banks as pigs, with increasing stridency.
From the theatlantic.com
The Mail and the Express match the Sun for stridency in their criticism of asylum policy.
From the economist.com
Hazy Eye is a Byard-Davis duet, with both virtuosos playing with a startling stridency.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Some of the stridency came across as a bit over the top for Lieberman.
From the usatoday.com
Their stridency and repetitiveness was sometimes in contrast to Alito's understated style.
From the usatoday.com
- Shrillness: having the timbre of a loud high-pitched sound
- (strident) blatant: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"
- (strident) fricative: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
- (strident) being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands"; "shrill criticism"
- (strident) raucous: unpleasantly loud and harsh
- (strident) Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding; Grating or obnoxious; Vigorous; making strides
- (strident) (str d nt) adj. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant.
- (strident) a poorly defined term which encompasses sibilants, affricates and whatever the author sees fit.
