Sentence examples for effect is not strident from inspiring English sources

The effect is not strident so much as touching.

The tone is not strident but plaintive.

The British government is not strident in asking for their return.

It isn't strident.

Yet "A Disaster Begins" isn't strident or preachy.

But the music isn't strident; it's inward-looking and rhythmically complex.

But these are not strident solutions.

Her drawings of astronauts aren't strident or overdetermined, like most Pop works, just bright, clever and clear.

He wasn't strident.

Being loud, being strident, is not enough either.

But Ms. Holmes was disappointed that his conclusions were not more strident on this issue.