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Example sentences for: austere

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There’s no missing the austere gray ramparts of Fort Charlotte, which guards the western approaches to Nassau Harbour.
Schloß Glienicke (1828) is a rather austere Neo-Classical edifice, but the nearby cloister, villa, and garden houses add a romantic touch.
An austere black structure stands on the corner of Große Querallee near the Kongreßhalle.
More reserved and remote but a better administrator and financier than his uncle, Charles Brooke imposed on his men his own austere, efficient style of life.
Japan’s austere, ruthless, but statesmanlike new ruler, Yoritomo Minamoto, set up his government in Kamakura (just south of modern Tokyo), well away from the “softening” influence of court life that had been the undoing of his predecessor, Kiyomori.