Sentence examples for he's stern from inspiring English sources
(Mr. Gahagan is otherwise hard to pin down in Denton's rendition: on one page he's "stern and pragmatic" and on the next "outsized and boisterous").
He's patient and yet he's stern".
"He's stern, he's direct and, if needed, he'll get in your face.
" 'You install it, you coach it.' He's stern, but a fair kind of stern.
Now he's stern when Gertrude and I appear at his door, brightening only when we mention demonic possession.
He's stern with his good-natured, compliant academics: he doesn't want to hear about all six of Jane Austen's brothers, thank you.
He's stern-looking, but you know that if you offered your seat to his wife, his heart would melt.
By Joan's account, he was stern and demanding; her adult turn to abstraction was, in part, a defiance of his tastes.
He was stern, informative, and reserved.
He is stern and has high standards.
"He was stern, he was serious, he went to Mass every morning".
