Sentence examples for austere way from inspiring English sources
'austere way' is correct and can be used in written English
It is typically used to refer to a manner or behavior that is strict and plain, often with an emphasis on religious or spiritual devotion. For example: He led a very austere way of life, dedicating his days to prayer and meditation.
He's religious, in an austere way.
The movie, which opens nationwide today, is visually handsome in an austere way.
The Rochester speech, laying out her health proposals in a rather austere way, offered a glimpse of Mrs. Clinton as policy advocate, a plus according to pollsters who believe women pay more attention to issues than men.
The Amish have had remarkable success passing on their austere way of life, despite the lure of sex, drugs and cellphones, and as the transition from farming to crafts -- and tourism -- has brought them into increased contact with non-Amish, whom they call English people.
His new austere way of living was a far cry from how he lived before.
Case in point: Steven Alan's cotton Breaker Dress and Christine Tunic, two wearable, washable, stylishly austere ways to face the heat.
Other philosophers were bewitched by Wittgenstein's incandescent genius, his austere ways, his devotion to rigor and clarity and -- not least -- his good looks and eccentric mannerisms.
He would not kneel to pray, and when his pastor rebuked him for setting a bad example by leaving services before communion, Washington mended his ways in his austere manner: he stayed away from church on communion Sundays.
Preaching a return to an austere, Islamic way of life, the Sanusiyyas were analogous to the Wahhabi sect of the Arabian peninsula.
In 1923 the Manchester Guardian took the movement more seriously when a leader explained that WIs gave political citizenship to countrywomen and a wider social content than the vote itself could bestow, by providing, in not too austere a way, a meeting place for discussion of the world as well as the parish.
The pieces are richly textured but also austere in some ways, which means they could easily fade into the background of a home.
