Sentence examples for stern as a from inspiring English sources

Major League Baseball's drug-testing program is about as stern as a kiss on the cheek.

I am deeply concerned that the public is receiving a cruelly erroneous picture of Mr. Stern as a racist.

Paulette was holding up her phone, her face as stern as a government agent with a badge.

The advisory concern also recommended that shareholders ratify the nomination of Édouard Stern as a board director.

Mr. Rosselli constantly denounced Mr. Stern as a top-down leader who ignored the rank and file, and he has begun leveling similar criticisms against Ms. Henry.

Silver praised Stern as a chief executive "who turned sports leagues into brands" and "one of the great business leaders of our time".

The poem rings with the anguish of acceptance, the recognition that this has always been a stern, as well as a beautiful world.

It was haunting, stern, as implacable as a machine.

While some union backers praise Mr. Stern as an innovative leader who has made labor a more potent force in politics, others criticize him for being divisive and too quick to make concessions to companies and political leaders.

Even Jay Leno, during a recent interview with The New York Times about his decision to stay at NBC to host a prime-time show, cited Mr. Stern as an example of the dangers of obscurity.

A ricocheting revenge tale anchored by a stern-as-you-like Mads Mikkelsen, it's brisk, tobacco-bitter stuff.