When I arrived, she was standing in a glass atrium, speaking sternly to a group of advisers all men, all much taller than she was, and most at least a decade older.
An uptown woman who looked to be in her sixties, dressed in black and carrying a navy-blue Longchamp bag, was speaking sternly to the young museum employee stationed by the installation's exit.
As Barrett [ 3] states, the expression of anger, for example, can take many forms depending on the circumstances, including a driver shouting and shaking their fist, an employee sitting quietly in a boardroom while listening to unfair criticism from the boss, or a teacher speaking sternly but cordially to a pupil because of their misdemeanour.
On the other side of the balance, though, is one analysis in The Economist, that disorder tends to strengthen the right, and that the Prime Minister looked comfortable last week as a traditional Conservative speaking sternly of responsibility: "Deep down, this is who Mr Cameron really is".
Speaking sternly and soberly, Obama said talks about the placement of borders between eventual Palestinian and Israeli states must begin soon, and that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wil report to him by mid-October the status of the negotiations.
Speaking sternly, and in far more detail than he usually does, he listed several previously undisclosed findings from the F.B.I.'s investigation: ■ Of 30,000 emails Mrs. Clinton handed over to the State Department, 110 contained information that was classified at the time she sent or received them.
He spoke sternly, as if he were a parent she could not reasonably oppose.
Ryan spoke sternly, passionately, his voice clipped, his eyes tinted red.
Some hearings were held recently at which lawmakers spoke sternly, even with outrage, to military witnesses.
Jeter spoke sternly, with cameras rolling, and he said his message was directed at reporters.
Reading from notes, Dolan spoke sternly, pausing between words for emphasis and squinting occasionally as he made an important point.
