Austerity and sternness will alienate his affections, and severe words will sting him to the quick. |
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My uncle's familiar voice filled with his accustomed brisk sternness answered. |
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In a field rooted in moral concern, there is a long tradition of solemnity and sternness. |
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Among brothers there may still occur moments of sternness, incomprehension, and the resulting tears. |
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The sternness of the instruction still resonates, but I couldn't swear that I always followed it. |
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This is the bell I'm used to hearing, but this morning I feel sternness in the sound which goes right through my body. |
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The secular world, it must be admitted, was far from displaying the same degree of sternness and consistency. |
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On one hand it expresses Mary's joy at her pregnancy, but on the other Mary presents a bold image of God: a God of almost old Testament sternness in his demand for justice on earth. |
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Van Helsing's sternness was somewhat relieved by a look of perplexity. |
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Permanent and the conciliation of beneficiaries as well as their selection according to the sternness of their is nation on the banes of social enquires and at the decision of the local City Council. |
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The masters looked unusually stern, but it was the sternness of thought rather than of discipline. |
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Don't be afraid of the sternness of their look, of their carbon-black, diamond-brilliant eyes, of the chill wind as their wings come flapping blackly down. |
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Adamancy, sternness or stridency would certainly cost him very dearly. |
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