sternly

Example Sentences

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Coming down sternly against the fake judgements, the top court last Friday stayed the lower court's order on the property dispute.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Faithful ally Eric Nam sternly points out to him that his rants are throwing off everyone else’s game.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

“The Insider” details these events sternly but with evident reluctance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Emmanuel Macron, the French president, sat sternly throughout the start of the meeting before echoing Merz’s call.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2025

“Now, I ask you, you blundering booby,” said my guardian, very sternly, “once more and for the last time, what the man you have brought here is prepared to swear?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens