1
The voice of the old priest was more stern as he interrupted.
2
So he clenched his jaw and attempted to look even more stern.
3
Hence she seemed more stern and less sympathetic than she really was.
4
Lysbeth made no answer, only her mouth grew a trifle more stern.
5
The dear stern face never seemed to her more dear and more stern.
6
His slim figure stiffened even as his face became more stern.
7
But he becomes more stern every day to those who are with him.
8
His father's face was more stern than it had been the night before.
9
And then Mr Gover assumed an even more stern expression and asked my profession.
10
She was more stern now, her emotions once again exiled to the distant past.
11
Smoker kicked the trident out of the way as Tilly's voice grew more stern.
12
Grant's face grew more stern, and his gray eyes glittered.
13
The conduct of a damsel in the old town of Richmond was even more stern.
14
The answer he obtained to his remonstrances on this head was more stern than satisfactory:
15
She judged it prudent to be more stern to her accomplice than the executioners themselves.
16
All traces of tears had vanished: she looked even more stern and repressed than usual.
