Sentence examples for austere refusal from inspiring English sources

Originally performed as a one-woman show in Dublin, it takes its power from the surprises of its language, its almost shocking characterization, its austere refusal of consolation.

In his austere refusal to find any consolation in the way we live, write and read now, he perhaps echoes FR Leavis, his chosen antagonist from all those years ago.

My refusal.

A refusal.

"Really austere.

Austere, yes.

These are austere times.

It's very austere".

Right now, they are austere.

"Elegance is refusal".

They are austere & not artistic.