Sentence examples for his severity from inspiring English sources

Many people who know Ratzinger call his severity "shyness".

But Frankfurt suspects that his severity was real, not feigned.

As the team starts winning, his severity never diminishes.

His severity is, in some cases, so ogreish, so theatrically waspish, as to seem almost playful.

He served twice (1557 60) as inquisitor general in Venice, his severity there causing his recall.

But beneath his severity lurks a softer side that comes out when he visits Karen Ann Eleonora Jorgensenn), an attractive hairdresser, for a trim.

In a rapid montage sequence (Naruse had clearly been watching the fashionable Soviet directors), Okabe imagines the accident while recalling flashes of his own severity toward his son.

Which is partly the reason why not everybody warms to his rigour and severity.

As examiner (or censor) of plays from 1824 until his death, Colman aroused resentment owing to his narrow severity and petty tyranny.

Although we cannot account for the diabetes or corticosteroid contributions to his disease severity, we can speculate that they might have worsened his outcome.

It asserted that a six-week investigation had cast doubt on some of the details in Frey's memoir, including his incarceration, the severity of his crimes, and his experiences in rehab.