Sentence example with the word 'austere'

austere

abstemious, chaste, exacting, impoverished, meticulous, plain-spoken, rustic, skimp, stinted, undifferentiated, unvarnished

Definition adj. severely simple

Last update: January 25, 2017


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A monk chooses to live an austere life because of his religious beliefs.   [adjective]

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It was a big house furnished in an austere style.   [adjective]

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German culture is austere in some ways, aloof in others.   [adjective]

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Ram was a rather austere figure.   [adjective]

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He was without arms, and his paint tended rather to soften than increase the natural sternness of his austere countenance.   [adjective]

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You who, in your girlhood, were familiar with the austere genius of Corneille----" "I am sick of that Frenchman's name," interjected Lady Sarah."   [adjective]

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Casting off at once the grave and austere demeanor of an Indian chief, Chingachgook commenced speaking to his son in the soft and playful tones of affection.   [adjective]

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The exulting Indian had resumed his austere countenance, though he drew warily back before the menacing glance of the young man's fiery eye.   [adjective]

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Indeed, it was only Fareham's character--austere as Clarendon's or Southampton's--which kept the finest of all company at a distance.'   [adjective]

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The capricious climate had changed from austere winter to smiling spring.   [adjective]

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Idolatry was destroyed, slavery abolished, dissolution made room for a more austere morality, and the contempt for wealth was sometimes pushed almost to privation.   [adjective]

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