Meanings of great sternness in anglès

The king then sent for de Tulle, and spoke to him with great sternness.

He fired it twice with great sternness and ceremony.

And Brother Marcian, who was a man of great sternness both of life and doctrine, cried:

He woke them with great sternness.

Crosbie had then answered her with great sternness, and she had wept when his refusal was made certain to her.

He was ever a man who, with the tenderest of hearts, put on an appearance of great sternness lest he betray it.

It was her first sight of Quebec, and its massive, impregnable form struck a chill to her heart: it suggested great sternness behind it.

Miss Thompson's face, usually calm and serene, wore an expression of great sternness as she faced the assembled classes in the study-hall the following morning.

The result is greater sternness in modern thought.

The winning charm of the plain little visitor only served to brace Miss Walden to greater sternness.

"You had better 'shut up,' " said Captain Judkins, with great sternness.

"I cannot accept your proffered aid, Sir Francis," the young man replied, in an altered tone, and with great sternness.