austere
Example Sentences
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Contemporary in the austere beauty of the sound and quiet intensity of the players.
In contrast to this lavish vision, at the show’s second venue, the convent of San Marco, visitors see the painter’s austere side.
The writer of “The Snow Leopard” and “At Play in the Fields of the Lord” wrote of nature’s austere simplicity.
One day, austere government policy forced his family to kill the beloved mutt that, until then, had been his best friend.
From New York Times
Queen Victoria's coronation was planned for 28 June 1838 and was much more of a grand and public occasion than the austere ceremony favoured by her uncle, King William IV.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
