8 sentences with 'strict'
Example sentences and phrases with the word strict and other words derived from it.
• « I learned that Miss Rosenberg came from Philadelphia, that she had received a strict education, that she was a person determined to get the highest grades, and that she might well be the first in a generation of over 3000 students. »
• « A Judean king, Josiah, insisted on the imposition of strict monotheism and the compilation of the first books of the Hebrew Bible, the Torah, in 621 BC. »
• « In Babylon itself, the thousands of Hebrews in exile not only came to this idea, but developed the strict set of religious customs, of marriage laws and ceremonies, of dietary laws (i.e., keeping a kosher diet), and the duty of all Hebrew men to study the holy books, all in order to preserve their identity. »
• « In short, the Greek obsession with maintaining not only a strict sexual hierarchy, but an attempt to socially separate men and women that reached its zenith in classical Athens, was greatly loosened in the Hellenistic era. »
• « Living conditions for slaves were often atrocious, and strict supervision and the use of violent discipline ensured that no slave revolt succeeded (despite the best efforts of revolt leaders, such as Spartacus in the 1st century BC). »
• « Likewise, Christianity inherited from Judaism a strict monotheism that refused to accept the worship of Roman emperors. »
• « The Rule dictated a strict schedule for daily life that revolved around prayer, study and useful work for the monastery itself (tending crops and animals, doing work around the monastery, etc.). »
• « Charlemagne also reorganised the Church by insisting on a strict hierarchy of archbishops to supervise the bishops who, in turn, supervised the priests. »