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Stern in sentence

268 examples of Stern in a sentence

Aquino’s stern criticism of China’s expansionist policies has certainly not endeared him to the Chinese.
For this, it drew a stern reproach from Germany’s Bundesbank – a clear sign that it is doing something right.
She is skeptical, stern, incredulous, wary.
Brazen meddling in the US election to weaken Hillary Clinton, a stern Kremlin critic, fits this pattern.
But it is now being put to a stern test: one-third of the 73 countries to which Gavi extends support are either in the midst of the transition process or have just completed it.
What about the Stern gang's blowing up of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in order to liberate Palestine from the British?
But the warning is a stern one for Kim Jong-un: China may send him to the sidelines if he does not change his behavior.
But more than a stern line in the peace talks spurred this promising outcome.
She was subsequently raised by various nannies, and grew to have a stern personality, owing to her complex relations with her stepmother and half-siblings.
Defusing the Syrian Time BombTEL AVIV – It is remarkable that a stern warning about the scale of the threat posed to the United States by Syria’s civil war has gone practically unnoticed.
Barking Alsatian dogs, stern guards, and waiters dressed in inmate uniforms work hard to recreate the gulag’s sinister atmosphere.
That these are tough times can be read in the lines of their faces, and in their stern looks.
The official Chinese reaction to North Korea’s latest provocation was stern: China is “strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed” to the test, and it is calling for the resumption of international talks.
“All states should take stern action against these people,” he declared.
Indeed, politicians of all stripes have reiterated the Stern Review’s finding that global warming can be curtailed by policies costing just 1% of world GDP.
Nordhaus begins with an annual discount rate of around 4.25%, which he then reduces slightly over time, whereas the Stern Review sets the discount rate at 1.4%, thereby placing a greater emphasis on future damages relative to today’s mitigation costs.
The smile was very faint, hardly perceptible, and in spite of it the stern expression of the eyes did not change.
She had not finished speaking before that stern reproachful look of jealousy, felt by the dying for the living, settled on his face.
Levin involuntarily meditated upon what was taking place within his brother at that moment, but, in spite of all the efforts of his mind to follow, he saw by the expression of that calm stern face and the play of the muscle above one eyebrow that something was becoming clear to the dying man which for Levin remained as dark as ever:'Yes, yes!
She stood still, as if asking him whether it would not be better to continue as she had begun; but he repeated his command in a stern voice, pointing to a group of hummocks covered with water where there could not be anything.
Alone with him she suddenly felt frightened: his laughing eyes and stern expression scared her.
But the cold, stern look on his face when he came to tell her he was going offended her, and even before he had gone her composure was upset.
She anticipated with horror a repetition of that stern look he had thrown at her when leaving, especially when he should learn that the little girl was not dangerously ill.
And the stern and stony look, which she so dreaded, settled on his face.
And what on earth am I to say to them?'As he entered the first drawing-room he met in the doorway the Countess Bol, who with an anxious and stern expression was giving orders to a servant.
CHAPTER IX'THE OBLONSKY CARRIAGE!' shouted the hall-porter in a stern bass.
When she had finished speaking she sighed, and all at once her face assumed a stern expression and became rigid.
She looked pale and stern, and as resolute as before though her jaw trembled a little and her eyes were fixed intently on Kitty.
It was still more frowning and stern.
From their simultaneous observations, they were able to estimate the mammal's minimum length at more than 350 English feet; this was because both the Shannon and the Helvetia were of smaller dimensions, although each measured 100 meters stem to stern.
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