Sentence examples for stern directives from inspiring English sources

He offers stern directives throughout ("A warning here, senator") and ends up recommending as an alternative "The Predator State," by James K. Galbraith.

Tired from the media scrutiny surrounding his program, he issued a stern directive to the reporters gathered around him: Going into the Big 10 tournament and the NCAA postseason, his players would only be answering basketball questions.

"I heard the squawk of a police siren, followed by a stern, amplified directive to move to the sidewalk," Oldman said.

Walsh was imposing the directive of a sterner line on the "jackal" player holding his own bodyweight - something that is rife in the game - but the consistency of interpretation seemed slightly off, which frustrated captain Greig Laidlaw.

STERN -- Stanley.

A stern gaze.

He looked stern.

That brought stern rebukes.