Adjective : strident insects; strident hinges. ,a strident tone in his writings. From Dictionary.com.
We should be confident in our beliefs, and willing to proclaim and defend our faith ... but, I'm not sure muslim "stridence" is what we should be aiming for. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
But I can honestly defend the stridence because I think our situation is that urgent. From Wordnik.com. [The God Debate] Reference
HARRIS: To some degree the stridence of my writing is an effort to get people's attention. From Wordnik.com. [The God Debate] Reference
Right I turned, out of the stridence of the main street, into a small, very small, lessening of the clamor, with a fraction less light, and perhaps one or two breaths now and then of real air. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharted Stars]
As he read, we heard the joyous stridence of an accordion in a hula harmony. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic Isles of the South Seas.] Reference
Occasional excesses of implementation, the exploitation of communal issues and the stridence of extremist voices on all sides have contributed to this. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That's a disappointment, given the ease of the short six-hour campaign -- seven, perhaps, if you prefer silence to stridence -- and how well previous Splinter Cell games made your various hi-tech tools seem so indispensable. From Wordnik.com. [GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features]
Save rare sharp stridence (that means "quack"). From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Humorous Verse] Reference
(c) Polarik debunking Krawetz's creditials and methods in (b): http: / / bogusbirthcertificate. blogspot.com / 2008 / 12 / bad-stridence-proof-positive-that. html. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
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