stridence
IPA: strˈaɪdʌns
noun
- the quality of being strident
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Examples of "stridence" in Sentences
- Instead, candidates plowed other lines of attack with newfound stridence.
- As he read, we heard the joyous stridence of an accordion in a hula harmony.
- But I can honestly defend the stridence because I think our situation is that urgent.
- HARRIS: To some degree the stridence of my writing is an effort to get people's attention.
- The easterly wind brought them the roar streaked with stridence of the artillery duel in progress on the nearest sector of the Front.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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