STRINGENT in a Sentence

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Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death.

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 Meanings and Examples of STRINGENT
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stringent
 a.  demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; binding; rigid
Classic Sentence:
1  Among these men there was a stringent code of honour, any infringement of which was punished by death.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  I slept after the prostration of the day, with a stringent and profound slumber which not even the nightmares that wrung me could avail to break.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
3  I should suffer often, no doubt, attached to him only in this capacity: my body would be under rather a stringent yoke, but my heart and mind would be free.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  The military regulations which had seemed so stringent the year before were now mild by comparison with the ones issued by General Pope.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
Example Sentence:
1  The Act imposes more stringent regulations on atmospheric pollution.
2  She failed to meet the stringent selection criteria.
3  I think these regulations are too stringent.