Examples of 'sternness' in a sentence

Meaning of "sternness"

sternness (noun) - Sternness refers to the quality of being strict, severe, or harsh in manner or attitude. It is often associated with a lack of leniency or warmth
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  • The state or quality of being stern.
  • The result or product of being stern.

How to use "sternness" in a sentence

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But sternness in defense of the realm is no vice.
He has absolutely no sternness when it comes to others.
But sternness in defence of the realm is no vice.
I cannot relax the sternness of her education.
His voice had acquired a new sternness.
And the sternness of their face is changed.
They offer forgiveness mixed with sternness.
All that sternness amid charm.
Polyurethane products of different densities and sternness.
There must be a theme of sternness in the series.
Excessive sternness of command results in cruelty.
Consider therefore the kindness and sternness of.
I wonder if his sternness is what makes him so charming.
His eyes redeem his face from sternness.
Sternness does not cause as much harm to others as anger.

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But he has a sternness about him.
Later father lived in a sort of sternness.
Sternness in his expressive eyes.
We can restrain the people only by unsleeping sternness.
Her disciplined sternness and noble elegance that comes from it.
Talking about your high head and your sternness.
This little relaxation of sternness had a good effect upon the queen.
He was also ten percent sternness.
The sternness that had hitherto supported the general suddenly deserted him.
She was frightened by the sternness of his gaze.
He hides his love for his daughters behind a mask of sternness.
And Elijah represented the sternness of God or the justice of God.
He tried to keep his expression gentle in contrast to the sternness of his tone.
To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness….
Vane continued to gaze at him with a sternness not habitual to him.
The Old Castle breathes with mediaeval atmosphere and military sternness.
The sternness of battle yet sat on his brow ; his eye was fixed and severe.
And it certainly shies away from the sternness of the Word.
Stern … But sternness in defense of the realm is no vice.
It 's said in a tone of voice that has no sternness in it.
But sternness in defence of the realm is no vice . Stern.
Such a delicate high head, all that sternness amid charm.
Her disciplined sternness Dan? and noble elegance that comes from it.
They have the uncanny ability to combine a regal character, with a sense of sternness and elegance.
All that sternness amid charm. All that sweetness amid strength.
Fight against the unbelievers who live around you ; and let them find in you sternness.
The Queen of Swords represents the sternness of a mature intellect, which is devoid of emotion.
Somehow, I have gotten a reputation for sternness.
However, the sternness of the EU 's reactions towards Iran must be made stronger and clearer.
Henry Dashwood - a wealthy gentleman, man of sternness who dies at the beginning of the story.
But what sternness for the father Beuve who is neither Jesuit nor virgin!
In private, I tried to let go of that sternness.
All that sternness amid charm, all that sweetness amid strength? Such a delicate high head.
And a traitor to your country, " continued the major, with sternness.
I can not endure the sternness of his look ; I can not make out his meaning at all.

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