Sentence examples for I got stern from inspiring English sources

I got stern lectures about the brain's language center and how it works in young children.

I would get stern letters home from school if I sent my kids in with the lunches I had (thanks to the school food expert Henry Dimbleby, we got our new "lunchbox guidelines" in the children's school bags yesterday evening).

"He's got stern competition from a rich pool of talent in the back-row and I think in some ways he'd be better off concentrating on his game as a back-row forward as opposed to taking on the responsibilities of captain".

We were the ones who always dropped our children late at school and got stern looks from the teachers.

South Korea got stern, closing ten of its 30 merchant banks.The Canadian dollar received a much-needed boost when the Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, to 5%.

"I had to get stern," he said.

Last week, I got a stern e-mail from Capital One 360 (formerly ING Direct), warning me that I was making too many withdrawals from my savings account.

His voice gets stern: "Kids aren't being taught critically or correctly!" I'm looking for someone to meet eyes with, to give the knowing wink that confirms this is complete bullshit, to perform the secret handshake of sanity.

His voice gets stern: "Kids aren't being taught critically or correctly!" I'm looking for someone to catch eyes with; to give the knowing wink that confirms this is complete bullshit, the secret handshake of sanity.

They get stern emails and usually take it down".

As for the confessions of wrongdoing that autobiography requires to be minimally credible: during his drinking years, Bush once asked a family friend at dinner in Kennebunkport, "So, what is sex like after fifty?" — getting stern looks across the table from his parents and his wife.