The phrase "austere stance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a serious, strict, or severe position or attitude on a particular issue or topic.
Example: "The politician maintained an austere stance on fiscal policy, advocating for reduced government spending and minimal taxation."
Alternatives: "stern position" or "strict viewpoint".
This austere stance informs music based around glacial synths, stark melodies and drum beats that sound like a rumbling in the plumbing of a very old haunted house.
That helps explain why the I.M.F. has started adopting a less austere stance toward debtor countries, even as countries like Germany continue to take a hard fiscal line, insisting that Athens stick to a program of lower spending and higher taxes.
Renditions of Bach's vocal works these days fall between two extremes: the old-school approach, in which a big chorus and ensemble gather to make a hearty din; and the austere stance of early-music radicals, who deploy only an ensemble of soprano, alto, tenor, and bass, on the theory that Bach intended one voice to a part.
Unsurprisingly in view of its composition, the new government is adopting a less austere budgetary stance than its centre-right predecessor, with a greater emphasis on spending increases than tax reductions.
Zuckerman became a true character in my work when he was portrayed (in "The Ghost Writer"), in his early twenties, seeking to apprentice himself to the older writer E. I. Lonoff, whose austere moral stance is an enticement as great to the novice writer as are his books of ironic short stories about troubled Jews.
Zuckerman became a true character in my work when he was portrayed - in The Ghost Writer - in his early twenties, seeking to apprentice himself to the older writer EI Lonoff, whose austere moral stance is an enticement as great to the novice writer as are his books of ironic short stories about troubled Jews.
Fauvet retained the paper's austere look and leftist stance while expanding its coverage of the arts.
Mr. Fauvet maintained the paper's traditional left-of-center stance as well as its austere appearance, publishing line drawings but never using photographs.
But his piece about the "rather austere and sometimes self-important", if "extremely influential", FT does not reflect the reality of its stance, either before or after the referendum.
Her expression is austere.
