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9 total sentences available.
To his eyes it had no attraction; it savoured of simony, and was likely to bring down upon him harder and more deserved strictures than any he had yet received: he positively declined to become vicar of Puddingdale under any circumstances.
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1931 Edgar Wallace: Again Sanders "That is a matter for you to discuss with the Government," said Sanders, in his iciest tone. "I am only authorized to collect twenty-eight thousand. I will note your strictures and report them to Whitehall." "I'm passing no strictures said the Major, hastily. He had been warned against Sanders...
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Even venerable print publications seem to accept that old strictures no longer apply when they move online.
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I just couldn't take the stricture of that place a single day more.
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Closest matches include stenosis, abbreviation, adverse criticism, anathema, animadversion.
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