Sentence examples for a less stern from inspiring English sources

Tuesday's opposition are likely to present a less stern test than the Queensland Reds, but Tipuric is still expecting a tough match.

I decided a less stern authority figure might be more able to speak a little more honestly about the subject.

That seemed to do the trick, because he loosened up and, in a less stern tone, told me "not to let it happen again" and that I was "just going to get a warning this time".

If Hall were any less stern, the story would collapse under the weight of its implied judgment.

This last point shows that Evidentialism about belief even of a strict and uncompromising sort can be combined with Non-Evidentialism about some other positive, categorical propositional attitudes in order to make it seem less stern (see Audi 2008a for a list of possible meanings of "faith").

The reason not to steal, on this account, is not that stealing is bad in the sense that it should be minimized but rather simply that stealing is forbidden no matter what the consequences (this is admittedly a stark form of deontology, but there are less stern versions as well).

It presents him as a folksy tax-slashing Washington outsider, and he comes across as less stern than Mr. McCain and much less stiff than the publisher Steve Forbes.

Brian Oliver devotes a chapter, entitled "Con Man", to the unedifying saga, but in the main focuses on the positives and the personalities of an event founded in 1930 with the intention of being "merrier and less stern" than the Olympics.

Mr. Fieldsteel seemed more relaxed and less stern.

The eyes under those thick eyebrows had become less stern, and he appeared well-meaning.

But the designer's modern architecture has moved closer to the body, and the subtle cuts, combined with transparent panels artfully built into the streamlined silhouette, made his collection less stern and more seductive.