| 1. | A man of stricture and firm abstinence. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | _Vasari indulges in severe strictures on Leonardo's religious views. - from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete by Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 3. | I was never more annoyed The insipidity, and yet the noise--the nothingness, and yet the self-importance of all those people What would I give to hear your strictures on them. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |