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Stern
"Stern" in a Sentence (18 examples)
His stern tone and loud voice belied his inner sensitivity and caring nature.
Our teacher is at once stern and kindly.
Our teacher is stern to us.
Silvia had a stern father who never praised her.
I gave him a stern talking-to.
He looks stern.
He is at once stern and tender.
He looks stern, but actually he's very kind.
He gave me a stern look.
Her stern look told the boys that they were in trouble.
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I haue beene wooed, as I intreat thee now, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of warre, / VVhoſe ſinowie necke in battel nere did bow, / VVho conquers where he comes in euery iarre; […]
stern as tutors, and as uncles hard
Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
these barren rocks, your stern inheritance
Holonyms: watercraft < vessel
Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.
and sit chiefest stern of public weal
And all attonce her beaſtly bodie raizd / With doubled forces high aboue the ground: / Tho wrapping vp her wrethed ſterne arownd, / Lept fierce vpon his ſhield, [...]
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