Sentence examples for austere choice from inspiring English sources

But as wistful as they may sometimes grow for the excitements of yesteryear, very few of them have the mettle to live out Bentley's austere choice.

These are brave and austere choices, but there is no arguing with the results.

I was also slightly intrigued by her choice, in such austere times, of a daytime outfit with a little bit of sparkle.

My work as a director, from the highly complex multi-faceted productions challenging the audience to make choices, to the austere essential stage worlds encouraging them to fill the empty space with imaginative response, always seeks to release the music.

Its executive director, Howard Silver, explained in an e-mail that "the conduct of science … in austere times sometimes means difficult choices".

The new pope, who was elected in March, told his clergy that their personal consumption choices should be more austere.

Mr. Panetta was asked what he would do, given a choice between finding money in austere times for an American defense firm to begin researching, testing and developing a "Made in the USA" system — or whether the United States should just buy Iron Dome, if cheaper.

But it's more nonsensical than "you didn't build that". Figure that Obama quickly walked back a poor choice of words, while the austere find "easy money" everywhere.

Looking at Britten's development over the period between his earliest masterpieces and his middle style, what is striking is the conscious choice he made to become more austere and less overtly, less flamboyantly engaged.

The Italian government now has three weeks to make a choice: It can draw up a more austere budget, or stick to its guns and pay a heavy fine to the E.U. next year.

Though the retired soldiers had sadly neglected to opt for jingle bells or white beards, their scarlet coats and Samantha Cameron's choice of a white dress gave the austere image at least a nod to festivity.