as in vocal
sounding harsh, forceful, and unpleasant
They heard their boss's strident voice from down the hall. The critical questions began to anger the professor and the tone of her answers became noticeably more strident.
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Recent Examples of strident
Omar is also a favorite target of the GOP: Republicans voted in 2023 to oust her from the Foreign Affairs Committee for her strident criticism of Israel and Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) has been fundraising off a petition to deport her to Somalia.
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The giveaway begins with conservative Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto, so great in Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother’s Smile but strident here, away from Bellocchio’s complex virtuoso ambivalence).
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
Fundamentalist Protestantism has emerged as a strident, controversial voice in South Korean conservative politics.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
The manic Benji is frivolous and jokey one minute, strident and uncompromising the next.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The giveaway begins with conservative Cardinal Tedesco (Sergio Castellitto, so great in Marco Bellocchio’s My Mother’s Smile but strident here, away from Bellocchio’s complex virtuoso ambivalence).
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
Fundamentalist Protestantism has emerged as a strident, controversial voice in South Korean conservative politics.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
The manic Benji is frivolous and jokey one minute, strident and uncompromising the next.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for strident
Adjective
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The applause Edwards earned for just being there, against the nervous advice of GOP leaders, soon gave way to vocal anger over the Trump administration’s wrecking ball that’s vandalizing jobs and public services, such as veterans’ care, national parks and Social Security offices, across the nation.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2025
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The set was nominated for best Latin pop album at the Grammy awards and best pop vocal album at the Latin Grammys.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Schlossberg, who is late President John F. Kennedy’s grandson and an outspoken Democratic advocate, has previously criticized Kennedy Jr. for being vocal about his anti-vaccine perspective.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Mar. 2025
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Both Starmer and Macron have sought to balance their yearslong outspoken support for Zelenskyy with the need to retain good relations with the United States.—
Rebecca Shabad,
NBC News,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Uniformity In Spectral Reflectance: Satellites that acquire images at the same hour and angle are inherently less noisy and therefore the computer vision models’ accuracies improve.—
Elizabeth Duffy,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Last summer, a small but noisy group of venture capitalists, many of whom had criticized left-of-center workplace norms, endorsed the candidacy of Donald Trump.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The blatant stupidity of what is being done by our country‘s executive leadership is staggering.—
Lisa P. Rimland,
Hartford Courant,
17 Mar. 2025
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Culturally, the combination of blatant racist fear mongering and the anti-woke movement has delivered their message for the future.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Strident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strident. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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