Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry.
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
Unpleasantly loud and harsh.
Being sharply insistent on being heard.
1 Whether they can bring more strident members along is a different question.
2 A strident English nationalist but someone at home with modern German literature.
3 The government put it through under urgency, amid strident protest from National.
4 Today's papers were equally strident - and optimistic - in their support.
5 Above the music he heard the childishly strident voice of the flapper:
6 The same menace was repeated in more strident tones on January 29th:
7 Very weak crystals!' she said dismissively, now imitating Irisis's rather strident tones.
8 Yet the settings never overshadow the songs: strident , confident, lush with melodies.
9 As the rake travelled over the gravel a regular, strident sound arose.
10 Once more he heard the high, strident droning of the Thunder Bird.
11 Over the noise of gunshots a strident voice rang out: Cease fire!
12 At midnight the river front is alive with cheerful and strident voices.
13 Too strident , as if by overselling a denial I'd confirmed the opposite.
14 The noise was growing louder, with a strident humming undercurrent of expectation.
15 They asserted themselves as the most strident critics of Reagan's Africa policies.
16 It's strident and dramatic and there's something classically East European about it.
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