sternly

Example Sentences

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“You know, your shoes cost more than you gave, and you know it,” she said sternly.

From Los Angeles Times

When I floated the fantasy of what would happen if I tracked her whereabouts, my mother sternly shut that down.

From Salon

Invoking psychological causes “doesn’t make the laws of physics go away,” Hossenfelder sternly informed me.

From Scientific American

Yoon, for his part, says he would sternly deal with North Korean provocations and seek to boost a trilateral security cooperation with Washington and Tokyo.

From Seattle Times

Officers began distributing sternly worded leaflets to the approximately 360 vehicles that remain in the capital since demonstrations began last month.

From Washington Times