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Her manners had been imposed upon her by her mother's gentle admonitions and the sterner discipline of her mammy; her eyes were her own.

The colder and sterner brother continued to gaze at me, till the trouble he had excited forced out tears as well as colour.

And even in Socrates himself the sterner judgment of the multitude at times passes into a sort of ironical pity or love.

defarge , who had been uneasily biting his thumb - nail and looking at her , collected his face into a sterner expression.

This proves that he is made of sterner stuff than I. All my worst time-wasting is self-inflicted.

The inspector is made of sterner stuff, however, and governs himself long enough to enquire after Watson in a high, strangled tone.

The actual world, to say nothing of the infinite universe, demanded a sterner, a real masculine character.

Sterner had sunk in on himself like an empty gasbag, and no efforts were sufficient to inflate him.

A father is usually much sterner with his children than a mother is.

This sterner sense of challenge and achievement was what stood out most from my playtime (and Yoshi, of course).

America wants to show that it has tried negotiations with the North, should sterner measures eventually be called for.

The yen was mostly silent today after another round of even sterner threats out of Finance Minister Azumi hit the wires.

And Head Coach McClaren believes the result has set the squad up perfectly for a sterner test in Macedonia in midweek.

The boy made no response, so the clergyman repeated the question in an even sterner tone, "Where is God? "

"I agree, " Sandberg said, retreating from the much sterner position she had taken moments ago.

In recent years, the green trade barriers set by developed countries have sterner influences on China's export of textile and garments.

But many of the planet's current pop stars are clearly made of sterner stuff.

Haldeman was made of sterner stuff.

Perhaps you are made of sterner stuff .

In private, though, the dialogue was sterner.

But Rooney is expecting a sterner test next season and it is anticipated Sir Alex Ferguson will rebuild.

Eda : Hello and welcome to Talking Match. I'm Eda Sterner.

Sterner measures are surely in the offing.

he is made of sterner stuff than his father.

The Lady frowned, "Is that how you address a Queen? " she asked, looking sterner than ever.

But the whole point about Beckham is that he is made of sterner stuff than that.

Under manhood's sterner reign; Still we feel that something sweet

We are stronger, and are better, Under manhood's sterner reign;