Many Americans vociferously opposed sending Mr Megrahi back. In unusually strident language, Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, said it would be “absolutely wrong” to free him.
Restricting foreign assistance has led to strident calls by western governments to pressure the military to allow more foreign aid into the worst affected areas in the Irrawaddy Delta region.
Denunciations will only grow more strident.
The way that the song ends, with repeated screams from Yorke, after a very strident guitar led interlude.
South Korean Unification Ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo says North Korea has stepped back from a strident demand it made earlier this year.
I'm sympathetic to that view, but I think it's unnecessarily strident.
Ms Marcegaglia’s criticism of the Berlusconi government became increasingly strident in the summer as the prime minister ignored calls to appoint a new industry minister.
The number of banned anti-government newspapers and websites grows, while officials call for ever more strident measures to limit the pernicious influence of Western mores on an unsuspecting populace.
Next to it, I noticed the line of hemp, grapeseed, red palm and canola oils, all smartly packaged, all making strident health claims.
She seemed oblivious to strident British demands for the repatriation of EU powers.
In the final chapter, however, he adopts a far more strident voice.
The Okinawans, however, will do their best to keep their strident opposition to the base in the public eye.
To fill the boredom and emptiness you have to revile and slander with even more stridency. Once those strident words leave your mouth your feeling of boredome and emptiness will increase.
There was more political art on view in these Emirati shows than you would ever see at the Basel Art Fair or Venice Biennale, some of it even quite strident.
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