Stern in example sentence

The expression on the face of the man who, with his hands in his pockets, stands by the stern, smoking a cigar, is sufficient to excuse a breach of the peace by itself; and the lordly whistle for you to get out of the way would, I am confident, ensure a verdict of "justifiable homicide" from any jury of river men.

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And their basic inspiration was a stern review of Lord Stern.

It said Yorktown on the stern.

They were just wound up doing these things all day long, until the manager had to, with a stern voice, say, "Okay, everybody freeze."

What made it worse was how ABC swept the whole incident under the rug; instead of taking charge and seeking true professional help for these disturbed individuals, they had some pop psychologists send stern warnings TO THE AUDIENCE about how they shouldn't judge these poor angels too harshly.

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