All 4 Uses
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The Man of the Forest
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- Are you goin' to keep your jaw shut?" he demanded, stridently, and a dark tide of blood surged up into his neck.†
Chpt 20
- "Thet settles us, Snake Anson," stridently added Shady Jones.†
Chpt 22
- What 're you doin' heah?" he yelled, stridently.†
Chpt 25
- "Swaller thet!" yelled Las Vegas, with terrible strident ferocity.†
Chpt 25 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(strident) unpleasantly forceful when expressing opinions; or loud and harsh
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, strident can refer to a voice or sound that hisses as when pronouncing s or sh.