Sentence examples for stern morality from inspiring English sources

Glen is also performing in his ­production, playing Pastor Manders, whose stern morality forces the other characters to live lies that unravel.

Opposing Jenufa's radiant spontaneity with stern morality but no less ardor, Susan Bickley was a forceful, human and even sympathetic Kostlenicka.

The feeling of meaninglessness rapidly invokes a stern morality, but morality, in turn, incites a Groucho-Marxist nose-thumbing at the authority that embodies it.

There's a stern morality at work in the movie, which begins with the irrepressible flirtation of two seemingly kindred souls — Luke (Jake Johnson), who runs a Chicago craft brewery, and Kate Olivia Wildee), the marketing director.

Moreover, the updating is at odds with the stern morality exemplified by Oberto, although Mr. Martone's decision to have Leonora appear visibly pregnant does intensify the circumstances that cause Oberto's distress.

Levin's ardent goodness — his devotion to Kitty is connected to his belief in social justice and his faith in God — stands in contrast to Oblonsky's cheerful selfishness, Karenin's stern morality and Vronsky's immature swooning.

Score one on the morality front: Pat Robertson, stern moral lecturer, says that it wasn't Petraeus's fault because "he's a man".

The serpent in their garden of delights is Mehran (Reza Sixo Safai), Atafeh's brother, a former musician and recovering drug addict whose embrace of stern Muslim morality threatens the easy, hypocritical harmony that has protected the family.

Put another way, Donald Keith Robotham, an anthropology professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center, says, "West Indians traditionally tend to have a rather stern Protestant morality which would have powerfully negative views of rape and especially sodomy, feelings of solidarity notwithstanding".

He added that in general, though, "West Indians traditionally tend to have a rather stern Protestant morality, which would have powerfully negative views of rape and especially sodomy, feelings of solidarity notwithstanding".

But if a conservative politician who preaches stern traditional morality is caught engaging in actions that are at odds with what he preaches — buying sex, taking wide stances in restrooms, or, in this case, stiffing his family even while preaching family values — he may well ride right through the scandal.