So many people today, not least those who blog, claim to be cynics, yet are not, in the strictest sense of the word. |
The strictest compliance was expected and failure to comply meant harsh punishment. |
Always excitable and often insubordinate, he required the strictest discipline. |
With a groundswell of popular support, the strictest rent control in the nation was put into effect to protect renters' rights. |
In its strictest sense, the word miniature refers to paintings in gouache often combined with gold. |
And of all the worst teachers, we had to be found by our discipline mistress, the strictest teacher in our whole school. |