sternly

Example Sentences

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Sternly handsome, he resembles a noir version of Paul McCartney.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2017

Sternly warning the Legitimists to cease their activities, Count Bethlen declared: ''Let me say, once for all, that no plans for the election of a king have been made.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sternly British General Sir Bernard Paget ordered the mutineers to lay down their arms, submit to authority.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sternly, Kozuilia ployed: "The phone is all right, but the eyes are better."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sternly she bade the slave bring her a battle-ax.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton