Synonyms

1. exacting
2. stern

Sentence Examples

1. The articles taken out were deposited among the brambles, and the dog left to guard them, with strict orders from Jupiter neither, upon any pretence, to stir from the spot, nor to open his mouth until our return.
2. When Van Helsing had seen her, he went out for a walk, leaving me in charge, with strict injunctions that I was not to leave her for a moment.
3. In that case actors would take care to send their plays to the capital, and could act them in safety, and those who write them would be more careful and take more pains with their work, standing in awe of having to submit it to the strict examination of one who understood the matter and so good plays would be produced and the objects they aim at happily attained as well the amusement of the people, as the credit of the wits of Spain, the interest and safety of the actors, and the saving of trouble in inflicting punishment on them.
4. I did not pretend to be watching him, but I kept strict observation all the same.
5. They settled territory disputes between rival shifter packs, monitored vampire nests and the masters who ran them, and enforced strict ethical regulations on magic users.
6. Officers wore casual clothes and paced through the offices tension was high as if they all had a strict deadline.
7. I have a strict rule to always be out of bed before noon.
8. Most officers steered away from malpractice by complying with a strict code of conduct.
9. Be not always strict, nor yet always lenient, but observe a mean between these two extremes, for in that is the aim of wisdom.
10. Robert has strict orders to keep the crew in stealth mode.