“Working among the Calvinist peasantry in Staphorst, a village near Amsterdam, Sluyters adopted a sombre Expressionist style to depict the puritanical austerity of their lives.”

“Parks has also inherited a preference for puritan thriftiness which shows in his writing.”

“He was puritanic in moral principle, loyal to his friends, and a despiser of cant and formalism.”

“In this instance, the populace are more puritanic than the magistrate.”

“If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?”