Sentence examples for Stern from inspiring English sources
The word "stern" is correct and well written in English
It is typically used to describe a serious, strict, or severe demeanor or attitude.
Example: "The teacher's stern expression made it clear that she would not tolerate any misbehavior."
Alternatives: "Severe" or "Strict."
noun
The rear part or after end of a ship or vessel.
The people running it were frightening: Bill Gaskill was a stern critic of everything, Lindsay Anderson was ferocious and John Dexter would flit around, saying things like: "All young playwrights' plays are absolute rubbish, and yours are no exception".
Self-flagellation was seen at its most merciless in last weekend's For The Record column in the Observer, where readers' editor Stephen Pritchard was characteristically stern in taking a classical CD reviewer to task for praising an oboist for his "almost 40 minutes of continuous solo" in Vaughan Williams's oboe concerto – in reality "the piece lasts barely 20 minutes", he pointed out scornfully.
Fitzgerald had to face stern opposition from the Catholic Church on proposed reforms on divorce, contraception and abortion information.
Two reassuringly stern yet affable psychiatrists in suits – Dr Florian Ruths and Dr Stirling Moorey – faced 20 or so of us, and guided us through a series of exercises.
Celebrated in song by the likes of Georges Brassens and Yves Duteil, who both lamented its stern and gloomy walls, as well as a backdrop in countless French gangster movies, La Santé has always had a mythic aura for Parisians.
His message was clear: America is foolishly betraying its would-be friends.In truth, his speech, though grave and stern in its delivery, was pretty short on policies that differ greatly from Mr Obama's.And in the areas where it did propose substantial policy shifts, the sad truth is that they would probably clash with his plans for magical transformation.
That is to say, they should also ban non-scientists such as energy secretary Ed Davey, Ed Miliband, Lord Deben (chairman of the government's climate advisory committee), Lord Stern (former adviser to the government on the economics of climate change and development) and all the others who are regularly invited to appear".
"Analysing trends in the key emitting sectors, we conclude that China's greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to peak as late as 2030, the upper limit set by President Xi Jinping in November 2014, and are much more likely to peak by 2025," said the paper, co-authored by climate economist Nicholas Stern and analyst Fergus Green.
On the panel was Nick Stern, influential economist and president of the British Academy; Meryam Omi, Legal & General investment management; Steve Howard, head of sustainability at Ikea; Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity; Lisa Ashford, CEO of Ethex; and David Blood, co-founder of Generation Investment Management.
He is a former Laurence Stern fellow at the Washington Post.
Todd Stern, special envoy on climate change under secretary of state John Kerry, told a conference at Chatham House in London that he was speaking to the White House "almost daily" and that the current talks offered "a historic opportunity" to meet the threat of warming.
