She was not ready for the terrible sternness in his.

Then a light burst upon my brain, and I turned upon him with terrible sternness.

He could be stern with a terrible sternness.

Lady Shelley slurs over the undutiful boyhood of the poet and the terrible sternness of his Mirabeau-father.

Only to us youngsters, as we soon discovered, that humorous face and the twinkling eyes were capable of a terrible sternness.

Once or twice the senator paused to frown upon the Celebrity with a terrible sternness, thus directing all other eyes to him.

Instantly the eyes of the sentry blazed, and he said with a new and terrible sternness: "Stand where you are!"

"Sit down, sir, this instant," said the old man, with terrible sternness.