Sentence examples for stringent refusal from inspiring English sources

In its stringent refusal of a tragic tone, the book earned the praise of a young Bertolt Brecht.

The California plan, first proposed in 2002, had been stalled by industry lawsuits and the Bush administration's refusal to grant a waiver from less stringent federal rules, although California has been given dozens of such exemptions over the last 40 years.

My refusal.

A refusal.

Rationing must be stringent.

Yet the Chinese government's refusal to let Bieber's antics slide signals the shifting nature of censorship in a country that is trying to reconcile its system of stringent political control with the porousness of modern culture.

"Elegance is refusal".

Visa restrictions Very stringent.

That seems too stringent.

That stringent ideal stuck.

Some states are more stringent.