austere

Example Sentences

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Contemporary in the austere beauty of the sound and quiet intensity of the players.

From The Wall Street Journal

In contrast to this lavish vision, at the show’s second venue, the convent of San Marco, visitors see the painter’s austere side.

From The Wall Street Journal

The writer of “The Snow Leopard” and “At Play in the Fields of the Lord” wrote of nature’s austere simplicity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Awash in austere overhead lighting, Kanai sat in a small office at the headquarters of Mutual Trading just outside Little Tokyo.

From Los Angeles Times

Charles skiing in Liechtenstein in 1964, while on vacation from Gordonstoun, the austere private boarding school in Scotland that Philip had attended before him.

From New York Times