Now the lip-synching is a kaleidoscope: a patter song, a soft shoe, a sizzling Latin number; the sternly cultured voice of Miss Joan Crawford on a talk show lamenting the deterioration of the Oscar presentations because stars like "Mr. Gregory Peck" and "Mr. Charlton Heston" are no longer in command.
The transit workers say they were especially insulted the day after the first subway worker died last month when Mayor Bloomberg voiced little sympathy but sternly warned of severe penalties if the union carried out its then-vague strike threat.
James O'Neill voiced his concern in a letter to the president of his son's school, saying he had sternly lectured his son.
Ryan spoke sternly, passionately, his voice clipped, his eyes tinted red.
Robust, sternly erect, his voice and demeanor turn increasingly threatening as his character becomes a willing cog in the Nazi machine.
"I thought I was part of your family," a voice said sternly.
Minutes later, the phone rang again, and a man's voice said sternly: "Don't hang up!
Standing two feet from the senator, Craig Anthony Miller, 59, shouted, "You are trampling on our Constitution!" A half-dozen security people quickly swarmed but refrained from touching him as Mr. Specter, raising his voice, said sternly, "Wait a minute!
Those reporters who covered the television beat saw many sides of Mr. Russert, whether it was in a direct phone call or voice mail message sternly questioning the accuracy of a particular reference to him, or the way he would seem to melt when being asked about one of his heroes, Bruce Springsteen, who was known to receive Mr. Russert backstage at his concerts.
When reprimanding cats, talk sternly in a louder tone of voice than normal, but don't scream or shout.
When the former Yugoslav leader continued talking in a loud voice, Judge May told him sternly, "Mr. Milosevic, will you be quiet, please".
