sternly

Example Sentences

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“You know, your shoes cost more than you gave, and you know it,” she said sternly.

From Los Angeles Times

When I floated the fantasy of what would happen if I tracked her whereabouts, my mother sternly shut that down.

From Salon

"This could have gone down a whole lot different," Mike sternly says to his boss, admonishing him for diverging from Mike's careful plans to keep him safe.

From Salon

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the military on Wednesday to "promptly and sternly" retaliate in case of any North Korean provocation amid concerns the North could conduct its first nuclear test in five years.

From Reuters

Then, he looked at me sternly and said, “Come on!”

From Los Angeles Times