"look strict" is not correct as a stand-alone sentence in written English.
You could use it as part of a sentence such as "He looked strict, but his words were gentle."
Afterward, Mr. Jacobs said that he was tired of all the "easy stuff out there," and that he liked the idea of something that looked strict and disciplined.
But he has also said he would look for "strict constructionists" and has cited two opponents of abortion rights, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, as the Supreme Court justices he most admires.
Should we look at stricter moderation, or more ways of rewarding positive contributions to our site?
Infighting began because many feminists were not looking for strict equality; they were fighting for laws that would directly benefit women.
Since in practice we only discover what talents people have by subjecting them to one or another schooling regime, FEO, which had looked severely strict, now looks to be lax and undemanding.
Often, professors are looking for strict use of these formats as part of the grade.
Buns with all your hair back are hard to do without looking too strict.
It was a delicate moment: Lucy and Mr. Coker wanted to take over the business, but they had to convince Ramón to look past his strict views of gender and family.
They need not look for a strict, ahistorical definition an account of the necessary and sufficient conditions given, and only given, which a human practice counts as a system of criminal law; we have no reason to think that any such definition will be available.
When you just look for a strict age range or income level, you miss out.
