Sentence examples for so stern that from inspiring English sources
Yes, that airline whose rules were so stern that they once had me emptying out an entire bag at Vienna airport and desperately trying to stuff its contents (trainers, pyjamas, a book, a bra) into my computer pouch, in order to escape the dreaded second carry-on bag fine.
Indeed, the early sections of "The Ethics of Belief" are so stern that William James would later characterize Clifford as a "delicious enfant terrible" who defends doxastic self-control "with somewhat too much of robustious pathos in the voice" (1896, 8).
He was so stern about it that driver forgot to ask him if N.Y. from the air had been worth the trip.
Perhaps that is why I am so stern today about not eating any of the devilish temptations?
The person that I thought would be so stern and rigid and unemotional taught me how to be more caring, open, and nurturing.
Like ferries and military transport, so-called ro-ro ships have built-in ramps, often at the stern, that let vehicles be easily rolled on and rolled off.
Barely thirty and already so stern.
He looks so stern — maybe he is Swiss or something.
The faces of empire are so stern, so arrogant, so cold.
Next to a woman so stern, I see a smile now and then.
