Sentence examples for severe reserve from inspiring English sources

Bending a knee while hunching over, Mr. Samson takes quick, crisscrossing steps that lick the stage like flames, but as the preacher in Autumn, he presides over a rehearsal and marriage ceremony with severe reserve and a kooky, loping walk.

Together, they convey the distinctive allure of an author who prided himself above all on his "finesses" and whose two salient traits — a severe reserve and a profound empathy — stemmed from an unusual ability, as Mann put it, to see "at least two sides to everything in life".

The Venetian ambassador wrote of him: "His authority was great... His designs were vast; his temper was grave, severe, reserved, brief in speech.

He grew up, he said, in an atmosphere typical of Russian schools even now, severe and reserved.

Selecting "Very Severe" was reserved for when they experienced "non-stop" or "very painful" burning during the past 24 h.

Congress "did not intend to ignore" smaller frauds "and reserve severe punishment only for those whose illegal deeds make the front page.

(2) If migration is allowed between reserves and habitat loss is not severe, many small reserves are optimal.

(3) If habitat loss is severe, few large reserves are beneficial, regardless of whether migration exists between reserves.

Inflation at home led to a run on the pound and a severe strain on reserves.

"Penalties are necessary to ensure the effective implementation by hosting service providers of the obligations pursuant to this Regulation," the Commission writes, envisaging the most severe penalties being reserved for systematic failures to remove terrorist material within one hour. .

The decline in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) numbers during the last century has been severe, and fenced reserves may pose as a conservation option for the continued survival of this species.