austere
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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.
Mr López Obrador, who has pledged to run an austere government, was one of hundreds of passengers unable to fly from the beach resort of Huatulco on the Pacific coast to the capital.
From BBC
Wine critics and wine lovers might like to describe particularly austere and distinctive chardonnays as “Chablislike,” but in reality there is nothing quite like the original.
From Seattle Times
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