Beyond the shop the murmur of the gathering crowd was like the confused, blundering hum of bees; a band was playing stridently in Oxford Street.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole
They came to his table singing a louder song more stridently than the one he heard at a distance.
"Corpus of a Siam Mosquito"
Steven Sills
Elaborate Swiss chimes pealed from others; through the darkness, a persistent cuckoo could be heard throwing open a small shutter and stridently announcing his version of the time.
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre