Sentence examples for a stern appearance from inspiring English sources
She was probably about twenty-five, had long fair hair in a ponytail, it seemed to tauten her face and, along with her small straight lips, gave her a stern appearance, which the fleeting glance she sent me — where I sensed a good deal of skepticism — reinforced.
Aubame, whom journalist Ronald Matthews descried as having "a curiously harsh voice, a severe appearance, and... a stern character", died in 1989 in Libreville.
Oertel, who has been referred to as the "ice queen of Dresden" by the local media for her stern appearance, stressed that her group was not anti-foreigner and had nothing against "reform" or non-radical Muslims.
A shady Hugh Grant, a stern, whiskery Hugo Weaving and a bewildered-looking Tom Hanks also make appearances, the latter in multiple guises.
The moniker 'Gentleman Jim' was afforded to Jimmy Dickinson, veteran of 812 appearances for Portsmouth and England between 1946 and 1965 without so much a stern stare from an official.
Velazquez's 1640 self-portrait -- one of just two that survive (excluding his appearance in "Las Meninas," which is on permanent display elsewhere in the Prado) -- shows a stern man in simple clothes.
Beside her was a stern old matron.
Hogan shot Nyad a stern, maternal look.
