stern
Example Sentences
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His stern, just-the-facts Joe Friday recitals of arrests, seizures, drug lab takedowns and other enforcement actions are signature moments at presidential news briefings.
From Los Angeles Times
Doechii framed her raucous Sunday night set as a stern classroom lecture on the craft of rapping.
From Los Angeles Times
Sitting on horseback in chaps and a cowboy hat, Noem addressed the camera with a stern message for immigrants: “Break our laws, we’ll punish you.”
From Salon
Mr. Jones, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, delivers a stern warning on where the U.S. now stands vis-à-vis its closest competitor, Communist China.
She's stern and severe, with a dark side viewers hadn't previously seen, but also silly, camp and warm - always seeming to be genuinely on the side of the contestants.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
