Sentence examples for told sternly from inspiring English sources

"You people are offensive," I was told sternly by Salima Hashmi, one of Pakistan's leading artists.

"When the Gun Draws" is in part a protest song against the US government's gun-control policy, told sternly from the point of view of a bullet.

A robust multiculturalism must foster conditions where minority communities can undertake necessary transformations without being condescended to as culturally inferior or told sternly to assimilate.

All is looking rosy till you get there and are told sternly: "we can't let you through unless you turn your phone on".

During a 10-minute presentation we were told sternly: no cigarettes, no feeding the fish, no treading on the aquatic plants, no plastic water bottles.

First world feminist problems, some readers might say (probably, I suspect, those who were never little girls sent to parties in frilly while dresses and told sternly not to get themselves dirty).

"Be casual," I told myself sternly.

"It's not too late," I told myself sternly.

Listen to Graham," the presenter told them sternly.

"Now that's a vampire film," she told her sternly.

One such man told me sternly: "Don't look at me that way, Doctor.