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Meanings of sternness in inglés

catalán
austeritat
español
rigurosidad

Uncompromising resolution.

rigurosidad
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Examples for "strictness"
Examples for "strictness"
1
She was bred in great strictness in religion, and practised secret confession.
Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete
2
In strictness, the soul does not respect men as it respects itself.
Essays — First Series
3
Pécuchet gave way before the evidence, and surpassed him in scientific strictness.
Bouvard and Pécuchet: A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life, par...
4
This excess of strictness I have heard vindicated as a salutary error.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / With Strictures on Politi...
5
This family was governed with great strictness; firmness was united with gentleness.
Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper
Usage of sternness in inglés
1
The sternness of the petty officers could not halt the spreading feeling.
Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
2
The sternness of age and the austerity of censoriousness are now silent.
Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
3
There was a sternness in his father-aninner honor-thatOliver recognized immediately.
O+F
4
As I could not control my sobs, he spoke with some sternness:
A Romance of Two Worlds: A Novel
5
This cool sternness was natural to him, and its influence was overwhelming.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
6
The sternness left his voice, and with bare head he said sadly:
The King's Men: A Tale of To-morrow
7
I admit the sternness at times, Edward, but I deny the harshness.
Confession; Or, The Blind Heart. A Domestic Story
8
In his face there was a sort of sternness, a set expression.
The Garden of Allah
9
Pride and loathing, passion and sternness, were all mingled in its expression.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
10
This little relaxation of sternness had a good effect upon the queen.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
11
The sternness of their father drove them into a more confiding sympathy.
The Friendships of Women
12
Behind the sternness, behind the scornful anger, there throbbed a great love.
The White Ladies of Worcester: A Romance of the Twelfth Century
13
My sternness, as you call it, is a thing of the past.
Molly Bawn
14
Stern eyes they were, with a sparkle of humour behind the sternness.
The Little Red Chimney: Being the Love Story of a Candy Man
15
The kindliness was still there, but there was a new sternness also.
The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
16
This exorbitant claim was carried out with an abusive and arbitrary sternness.
History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (o...
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare