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Examples for "strictness"
Examples for "strictness"
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She was bred in great strictness in religion, and practised secret confession.
2
In strictness, the soul does not respect men as it respects itself.
3
Pécuchet gave way before the evidence, and surpassed him in scientific strictness.
4
This excess of strictness I have heard vindicated as a salutary error.
5
This family was governed with great strictness; firmness was united with gentleness.
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The sternness of the petty officers could not halt the spreading feeling.
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The sternness of age and the austerity of censoriousness are now silent.
3
There was a sternness in his father-aninner honor-thatOliver recognized immediately.
4
As I could not control my sobs, he spoke with some sternness:
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This cool sternness was natural to him, and its influence was overwhelming.
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The sternness left his voice, and with bare head he said sadly:
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I admit the sternness at times, Edward, but I deny the harshness.
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In his face there was a sort of sternness, a set expression.
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Pride and loathing, passion and sternness, were all mingled in its expression.
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This little relaxation of sternness had a good effect upon the queen.
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The sternness of their father drove them into a more confiding sympathy.
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Behind the sternness, behind the scornful anger, there throbbed a great love.
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My sternness, as you call it, is a thing of the past.
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Stern eyes they were, with a sparkle of humour behind the sternness.
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The kindliness was still there, but there was a new sternness also.
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This exorbitant claim was carried out with an abusive and arbitrary sternness.
