Sentence examples for a stern call from inspiring English sources

The decision was a stern call to action, as well as a blow to a country's pride and prestige.

The State Department also disclosed that Mr. Kerry had made a stern call on Thursday to Syria's foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, in which he complained about the Assad government's failure to allow United Nations inspectors to quickly visit the site of the suspected chemical weapons attack.

His heated rhetoric on the subject has driven a wedge among the Socialists: They've been oscillating between a conciliatory tone on independence and a sterner call for national unity in a time of crisis.

— should be an embarrassment and a stern wakeup call to all Americans.

It took days before a stern phone call from President Barack Obama spurred Morsi to clamp down on the protests.

There are people here who hate you!' " Mr. Kramer said he received a stern phone call from Rudin management that afternoon.

At last week's session, for example, the two discussed rebuking Israel for its plan to build Jewish housing units in East Jerusalem, and Mrs. Clinton followed up with a stern phone call to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"But when I have the time I'm going to be giving them a stern phone call".

Obama signaled publicly in the aftermath of the attack that Egypt might not be considered an "ally" of the United States, and later held a stern phone call in which he clearly stated what America expected from the new leader, aides said.

The five wives of a stern husband, called the Prophet, have had their children removed by state officials suspicious that minors are being abused and forced into marriage.

After recovering bodies from other areas of the ship, divers entered the circular cabin on a lower deck in the stern, called the music room, where the children were located, and began bringing their bodies to the surface.