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Recent Examples of stridency
Nomkhitha’s stridency drove Joseph mad.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
One filmmaker who did mention AI did so with stridency.
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Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
One filmmaker who did mention AI did so with stridency.
—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stridency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridency
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The Star tried a standard latte with honey ($6) and later upon the insistence of a nearby customer, the Beetdown (beets, mandarin, fresh mint, lemon peels, espresso and milk; $8).
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Mary The Widow, directed by Ryan Noufer, follows an aging widow who, at her daughter’s insistence, attends a speed-dating event — where, among a string of dud dates, one gentle stranger lingers in her mind.
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Undersea experiments continued, but never again with the same scale and fervor as the 1960s, and with little support from NASA.
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After months of speculation and tabloid fervor, pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will hold a wedding celebration at New York City’s Madison Square Garden this week, two sources told CNN on Tuesday.
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But where her labelmates routinely drape their songs in warm, dense fuzz, Babuka Black opts for clarity and directness.
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His filmmaking has a lovely, homespun directness.
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Spaar’s colloquial flippancies only reinforces her fervency.
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Chris Waugh Boos ring out at St James’ again Boos are becoming a familiar soundtrack at St James’, a stadium traditionally known for the fervency of its support.
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For the last three weeks, Lawrence has aimed to wrap the team and its fans in Midwestern warmth, hoisting the nation’s flag into the windows of countless shops, bars and restaurants.
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Exposure to warmth accelerates oxidation, the process that causes fats to go rancid.
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Howard Cosell would announce the news of Lennon’s death on Monday Night Football, a sound bite that Soderbergh, with his customary incisiveness and aversion to the maudlin, includes here.
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No artist ever mocked the insanity of the Hollywood cartoon stystem with such devastating incisiveness, and yet loved its creative output so much.
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But even at his most frustrating, the ardency of his thinking draws us to him.
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His impassioned speeches the last two weeks endear him to many players, but his ardency proved irksome to others.
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Indeed, the Knick who’s really sparked my ardor lately is shooting guard Josh Hart—in no small part because of the sweetness of his bond with his wife, registered nurse Shannon Hart.
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Like the nun Beate before her, Susanna seems destined, as punishment for her overwhelming ardor, to be walled into the convent.
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“Stridency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stridency. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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