Stridency

Definition

strident /'straÇdnt/ adj ၁။ နားၿငီးစရာ။ ၾကားျပင္းကတ္စရာ။ ငွက္ဆိုးထိုး သလို။ strident pop music ❍ Her voice was strident and shrill. ၂။ ရန္စြယ္ႏွင့္ေငါေငါ(ျဖစ္ေသာ)။ ငွက္ဆိုး ထိုးသံ ေပါက္ေသာ။ ၾကားျပင္းကတ္စရာေကာင္းေသာ။ a strident opponent of government policy. stridency /'straÇdǝnsi/ n [U] ❏ stridently adv ငွက္ဆိုးထိုးသလို။ ရန္စြယ္ႏွင့္ေငါေငါ။

Examples

1. ‘The only real flaw comes from the age and technical limitations of the time
2. which results in a somewhat harsh and strident sound on occasion.’
3. ‘The twitches of annoyance caused by this woman's strident voice hammering against my skull began to ebb away when I heard her sign off from the call.’
4. ‘Above the sound of a thousand or so Canada geese that were honking and clamouring
5. I could hear the gong of the bell on the channel buoys as they sounded their strident warning note.’
6. ‘The mono tracks are somewhat harsh and strident
7. though the dialogue is always clearly understood.’
8. ‘There is a bit of sibilance and strident qualities to the sound
9. but not in a distracting or annoying manner.’
10. ‘Its raw strident sound was one of the first to make use of the rhythms of jazz.’
11. ‘The strident noise moved through the pounding rain
12. and then the figure lowered its head and perked its long ears.’
13. ‘Some of them sound quite nice and even have some directional placement
14. while others sound harsh and strident.’
15. ‘For example
16. if the voice is too loud and strident
17. that indicates excess
18. as does the sudden onset of a violent cough.’
19. ‘Apparently
20. he had trouble making it to the sessions
21. but he still sounds fine
22. and if anything
23. his voice sounds warmer
24. less strident.’
25. ‘I slammed my drink down on the counter and the elder winced at the strident sound it made
26. but he refused to look up.’
27. ‘Her voice wouldn't sound how she intended: it was either terrifyingly strident or miserably flat.’
28. ‘Some ten minutes later my bite alarm sounded its strident note.’
29. ‘The commander seemed to become shriller and more strident the more I held my tongue in check and treated the board of inquiry with respect.’
30. ‘This is a shrill
31. strident performance by someone who displays little or no aptitude for comedy or drama.’
32. ‘In attempts to scare you
33. there are several moments in the film that use strident and extremely loud bursts of audio
34. combined with a perfectly timed cut
35. quite effectively.’
36. ‘I tried to sleep on the hour-long ride
37. but the harsh
38. strident sound became louder and the long menacing finger pointed angrily.’
39. ‘I plunk along
40. hitting so many strident notes that it sounds like I tried to compose the piece myself.’
41. ‘At length
42. Caleb heard Audrey's strident laughter and hurriedly returned his attention to his cousin.’
43. ‘There were many strident and discordant passages
44. but in the context of the work as a whole they seemed entirely appropriate.’