Her words came faster and her voice grew more strident.

As the rhetoric grew more strident, however, the other monarchies started to view events with alarm.

Even as the wailing grew more strident, neither the waiters nor the other diners seemed to mind.

The objections to the mascots have grown more strident in recent years.

As the rhetoric grew more strident, the monarchies started to view events with distrust.

With potentially heavy criminal and civil liabilities at stake, the voices of accusation appeared to be growing more strident.

As the number of tickets has dropped, the grousing about dog filth has grown more strident.

There was a chime ringing in his ears, growing more strident.

They have grown increasingly strident in assertions that the Brooklyn prosecutors are refusing to acknowledge a miscarriage of justice.

As the chanting grew louder and more strident, Otto appeared, oddly, to grow taller.