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Example sentences for: sternly

How can you use “sternly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Military courts are tougher on adulterers than are civil courts, making me wonder whether the ex-JAGs may be inclined to judge the president more sternly than other lawyers.
Jackson is biting his lower lip sternly, looking earnest and rugged like Clinton sometimes chooses to.
One minute you're cooking the first-prize-winning recipe in the Pillsbury BAKE-OFF® (chicken thighs with a sweet-and-sour Old El Paso® salsa, currants, and honey sauce, served on couscous), and the next you're composing the sternly Mediterranean endive, fennel, and orange salad from the latest cookbook by Paula Wolfert, the most rigorous scholar in American cookbook writing.
He should follow a child's language learning, not sternly but curiously.
Chilly water and dangerous currents make this more a beach for strollers, sunbathers, and experienced surfers — swimming is sternly discouraged.