Sentence examples for austere presence from inspiring English sources

He looked the part of the establishment analyst: an austere presence, meticulous in speech and dress, he fully embodied a formal Yankee prototype the way an immigrant's son can.

And her somewhat austere presence has fueled blog twittering that she is on a short list of likely successors to American Vogue editor Anna Wintour, should Ms. Wintour one day shrug off the mantle.

To the top men of the Columbia Broadcasting System, it is a matter of concern that their news broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, whose baritone voice over the C.B.S. radio and austere presence on C.B.S.-TV have made him both a semi-public figure and a valued private property, has appeared, over the years, to be less attracted to eminence than to trouble.

Stereophonics' breakthrough in 1997 predated the internet age, and they have a slightly more austere web presence.

Ms. Rioja was an austere commanding presence in her "Soleá." But only a few moments later, in "Follias," she became a gracious, smiling and sophisticated woman whose castanets chattered like clever conversationalists.

With her flame red hair and upright posture, it's not difficult to identify the movie star among the diners, but Chastain is lighter in conversation than her sometimes austere screen presence might suggest.

He was an austere but commanding presence in their lives.

Austere maintains a retail presence at the Maidstone Hotel in East Hampton, and Carlström is planning a New York City location as well.

Previously a main character, the resolutely timid and emotionally austere Millie has had her screen time and presence cut severely.

We were both thinking, he and I, of that noble presence, the cascade of gleaming crystals, the austere perfection of the form.

The result is an uneasy merger of cheerfully austere urban landscape with a ghostly or symbolic human presence.