1.   The strident tone in his voice revealed his anger.

2.   Bush himself requested a convention with a less strident tone.

3.   Gov. Christie Whitman and former Gov. Tom Kean have warned both candidates that the strident tone of their commercials may simply turn off voters.

4.   He repeated some of his criticism he leveled at Democrats a week ago with Pickering at his side in the Oval Office, but in much more strident tones.

5.   In contrast to the cheerful relief expressed by American officials, Chen Ci, head of the Hainan Foreign Affairs office, maintained a strident tone Wednesday.

6.   Polish mezzo-soprano Stefania Toczyska, as the Egyptian princess Amneris, sang with fervent emotion and consistently strident tone.

7.   Replacing a strident tone with a restrained voice and a nod to certain niceties the Chinese expect, the Bush administration may have finally broken the impasse.

8.   So her own book has an intentionally strident tone.

9.   The strident tone and sheer volume of the denunciations of Falun Gong baffled some experts in Chinese politics.

10.   Alvarez, in turn, chose a more strident tone.