Sentence examples for to sternly from inspiring English sources

At this, the client pauses in the act to sternly correct her.

New Labour was thus enlisted on the side of the "forces of conservatism", against which Blair is supposed to have set his face to sternly.

Subsequent chapters offer observations, in a tone ranging from mildly amused to sternly disappointed, on fashion (part of "an economy whose vertebral column is rubbish disposal"), immigration and the "age of diasporas", Europe, and debates about "multiculturalism".

WASHINGTON — President Obama, whose vilification of insurers helped push a landmark health care overhaul through Congress, plans to sternly warn industry executives at a White House meeting on Tuesday against imposing hefty rate increases in anticipation of tightening regulation under the new law, administration officials said Monday.

It is one thing to sternly lecture the Big Banks in a public address, and quite another to bail them out.

As he was being talked to sternly by PBS officials after the session, I was the only one to say hello to him.

Ms. Morales let him go, staying behind to speak sternly to his female host and order her to report to the building's manager, Maryann Lienhard, the next morning.

What he actually did was get a family friend, who was also a State Trooper, to talk sternly to Josh.

But there comes a time to put aside such childish ways, to face sternly up to manufacturers and declare: "No.

American officials said this support has allowed Mr. Lee to respond to North Korea sternly but without risking a deadly confrontation.

Sir Stewart Symes, Governor-General of Sudan from 1934 to 1940, sternly warned him to remove the signs or face consequences.