austere
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The emperor appeared less distant and austere than expected, and the reports contained far fewer hostile references to groups such as the Sikhs than Faruqui had anticipated.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Just two years later, the financial crisis triggered an austere reappraisal of his record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
From her earliest years, Emily thrilled to the austere glories of the landscape, with its great desolate stretches of rocky turf and rushing waterways all shaped and pummeled by winds that whistled and “wuthered.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
"Her success rested on a careful balance: projecting herself as both an uncompromising street fighter and an austere, maternal figure delivering welfare to those living with economic insecurity," says Proma Raychaudhury of Krea University.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Its austere emptiness made her nervous; she wished he had pictures or books or Russian dolls that she could look at.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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