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.
He added that Khan's wife said that he was still being kept in the same smaller, more austere C-class cell.
From Reuters
"It is sparse and it is a bit austere but, frankly, that is not unreasonable."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.