Sentence examples for make stern from inspiring English sources

All sorts of promises to clean it up have been abandoned by Rio's Olympic authorities, the International Olympic Committee tries to make stern noises, and the International Sailing Federation is stoutly diplomatic.

His experience of the last major tournament run in Brazil, along with captain Michael Bradley and Jones, has stood the US in fine stead over the past two weeks allowing younger guns such as Bobby Wood and Zardes to make stern claims for the future.

With oil prices topping a record $76 per barrel Thursday, it is safe to say that it won't be far from the minds of the G-8 leaders as they preen for the cameras and make stern proclamations on the need to tackle world poverty and HIV/AIDS.

Stern representations – Officially the government lodged a diplomatic protest, saying it had made "stern representations" with the relevant U.S. officials.

The longtime president of the Motion Picture Association of America, he has made stern copyright enforcement his rallying cry.

Beard offered advice on managing housework — "pay for as much help around the house as you can afford" — and made stern diaper recommendations.

Obama, having made stern promises to bring the banks to order, has filled his administration with the same old faces from Goldman Sachs and elsewhere.

Standing right behind him, Hahn/Cock makes stern-faced old Nelson look, well, a little silly.

Maybe you're made of stern enough stuff that you can resist a business called the Pickle Guys, but I'm not.

Joe Klein, who's been recently fighting the same sorts of base attacks, makes a stern denouncement of the entire Swift Boatesque operation behind Jerome Corsi's Obama Nation.

Robertson, 28, is made of stern stuff.