Stern in example sentence

I was so embarrassed by the abruptness of his manner that I could but stammer out that I hoped I should do my duty, on which his stern mouth relaxed into a good-humoured smile, and he laid his little brown hand for an instant upon my shoulder.

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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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