Sentence examples for to be strict from inspiring English sources

"They had to be strict".

I had to be strict, very strict.

He had to be strict.

These don't have to be strict policies.

"The I.R.S. has to be strict, so we have to be strict, too," he said.

Is it better to be strict or more lenient?

To be strict without being too self-excoriating.

The prose tends to be strict and briskly instructive.

"You have to be strict and fair," he said.

I was prepared to be strict with him.

He stopped bothering to be strict with their four children.