Literary notes about stringent (AI summary)
In literary contexts, "stringent" is often employed to underscore an uncompromising strictness in laws, commands, or moral codes. Authors use the term to evoke a sense of severity and rigidity—whether referring to military orders that allow little deviation [1], legal measures designed to enforce order and discipline [2], or even personal self-denial and high ethical standards in behavior [3]. Its application spans discussions of governmental regulations [4], ecclesiastical or community rules [5], and the strict adherence required in social or ritual contexts [6]. This multifaceted use enriches the narrative by emphasizing the force and finality of such constraints and underscoring the profound impact they have on both individual conduct and communal life.
- For the Colonel’s orders were stringent.
— from Fix Bay'nets: The Regiment in the Hills by George Manville Fenn - Stringent laws are enforced in these countries to prevent possible abuse or neglect of the animals.
— from Every-day Science: Volume 6. The Conquest of Nature by Edward Huntington Williams - These things jarred on the man who had toiled among the rocks and woods, where he had practised a stringent self-denial.
— from The Long Portage by Harold Bindloss - The naturalization laws of the United States should be made more stringent.
— from Elements of Debating A Manual for Use in High Schools and Academies by Leverett S. (Leverett Samuel) Lyon - There is a stringent municipal law which compels each resident to weed a given space around his dwelling.
— from The King James Version of the Bible - Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
