Sentence examples for under stern from inspiring English sources

Under stern questioning, he refused to name his supplier.

Under Stern, the N.B.A. moved to Canada, before partly retreating, when the Vancouver franchise moved to Memphis.

Under stern orders not to talk to reporters about anything — including seating arrangements at company get-togethers — workers insisted on anonymity to describe the holiday merrymaking.

In a predictably hostile atmosphere, England displayed early nerves and goalkeeper Joe Hart, in particular, came under stern examination from the hosts.

But this past Friday, the oversight committee, on which Chaffetz sits, came under stern rebuke from the State Department for its decision to make public more than 100 pages of internal government cables and other documents relating to the Libya attack.

His violin and Hebrew lessons were unusually hard to endure under the stern scrutiny of the old woman.

They board from under the stern, out of sight of the bridge, by throwing a grapnel up to the rail and climbing up the rope.

The sprint racing kayaks, K-1 and K-2, are made of veneer-like wood with a small rudder under the stern.

Engels wrote Condition of the Working Class back home in Barmen, under the stern glare of his parents; it was first published in Leipzig in 1845.

INTO THE OPEN COURT We heard this evidence in the bright, high-ceilinged courtroom, under the stern eye of a sour-humored judge.

Under the stern yet loving guidance of Mr. Mickens, the school has won a national reputation for sending students to good schools and good lives against tremendous odds.