Sentence examples for a stern faced from inspiring English sources

Fear and the threat of "six of the best" from a teacher, usually a stern faced priest, always brought about immediate discipline, not to mention disfigurement and lasting emotional damage.

"I promise you," he said, with a stern face, "the President has a big stick".

He has a stern face and he simply nods before shooting off into the gathering darkness.

It has to put on a stern face and say: "Impress me".

Poland's Duda still somehow managed to smile at the camera, as Trump looked on with a stern face.

Jamelao, who has a stern face and thick-lensed eyeglasses reminiscent of Phil Silvers's, seemed small next to the dancers.

His disciple, Mme de Genlis, set a stern face against make-believe of any sort; all marvels must be explained rationally.

Mr. Sarrazin, who wears small, round glasses and has a stern face topped by a shock of mostly white hair, said that he wanted to highlight what he described as the drain on Germany by an immigrant class.

He tried to present a stern face to the crew, but he stuttered when he was nervous, and when he wasn't nervous he couldn't help but make a joke of some kind.

Conversations about her son are drenched with tears, and she is never far from a photograph that shows him staring straight ahead, with a stern face, a few wrinkles and thick, dark hair.

"A franchisor may put on a stern face and say, 'Take this deal or we'll find someone else' — I wouldn't believe it before, and I definitely wouldn't believe it now".