Stern used in a sentence

Stern in a sentence as a noun

* So instead, stern letter to all the CAs.

He could have then written a stern yet civil public response.

Send a stern but polite notice to their abuse department.

That evening, my dad saw him playing outside, went up to him, and gave him a few stern words.

The third time the recorded voice came on, the tone had changed to stern and authoritarian.

We've fixed the issue, given our software a stern talking-to, and are working to ensure that it does not happen again.

Stern in a sentence as an adjective

Being too slow to respond to emails, including at midnight on weekends, is grounds for getting sat down for a stern conversation in a conference room.

The first time he got off with a stern warning, execution of every one of his students involved that sided with the occupying force, and a promise not to have any students for 2 years, which he promptly ignored.

Of course I'm sure various government organizations are going to have some stern questions for Apple nevertheless...Anyway, they've already fixed this vulnerability in my MacBook Air.

*“Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty—a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.” -Bertrand Russell

The massive range of intended harm and magnitude that could be encompassed by the general description "explosion" or "fire" means that these acts cover everything deserving of "a stern look from the teacher" to "lock them away and throw away the key".Edit to add: When I was in 10th grade my physics class was making alka-seltzer rockets in the football field.