stringent
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tough, harsh, stiff, forceful, binding, inflexible, demanding, strict, severe, exacting, rigorous, ironclad, draconian, acrimonious, compelling, confining, convincing, drawing, dyed-in-the-wool, hardExamples from the Web for stringent
Contemporary Examples of stringent
Yet we do have stringent regulations regarding adoption in this country.
And is politics really cleaner when stringent restrictions are put into place?
Armstrong and others have made the point that pro cycling has the most stringent drug testing of any professional sport.
They must do this without partisan bias, but with a stringent sense of enforcing and further defining the law.
Expressing outrage, the lawmakers called for stringent punishment.
Historical Examples of stringent
The army was to be reinforced and a stringent conscription was talked of.
Shoulder-StrapsHenry Morford
These stringent measures were not, however, put into effect at once.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus VasaPaul Barron Watson
The stringent protectionists and the free-traders strike hands.
My Bondage and My FreedomFrederick Douglass
The time has not yet come for stringent orders in these cases.
Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877James Kennedy
Lastly, we have here a piece of stringent practical direction.
Expositions of Holy ScriptureAlexander Maclaren