STERN

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stern¹ adjectiv

1. sever, aspru, serios, strict; rigid; riguros; neindulgent; neînduplecat;

the sterner sex sexul tare / masculin.

2. încruntat; sumbru, rece.

3. (despre valuri) impetuos, furios.

stern² I. substantiv

1. (mar.) pupa.

2. partea posterioară (la animale); coadă (la copoi, câini de goană); trenă.

3. (înv.) vâslă, cârmă; (fig.) conducerea statului;

to sit at the stern of the state a fi la conducerea statului.

stern² II. verb intranzitiv

a vâsli înapoi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Mrs. Joram tossed her head, endeavouring to be very stern and cross; but she could not command her softer self, and began to cry.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The Castle of Villefranche was harsh and stern as its master.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I was stern with them, however, and would not let them talk.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Mr. Rochester, as he sat in his damask-covered chair, looked different to what I had seen him look before; not quite so stern—much less gloomy.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

My uncle’s face turned suddenly very grave and stern.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When Mugridge was directly beneath us, the stern descended the slope of a passing wave, thus giving the advantage to the shark.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

The kind, brown eyes looked as if they could be stern, and though he was unusually merry, she fancied he had found her out, but didn't mean to let her know it.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

The business of love was at hand—ever a sterner and crueller business than that of food-getting.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

She had swung round to the ebb—her bow was now towards me—the only lights on board were in the cabin, and what I saw was merely a reflection on the fog of the strong rays that flowed from the stern window.

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

Holmes was endeavouring to utter a few words of consolation and to explain the alarm which had been caused to his friends by his sudden disappearance when there was a step upon the stairs, and there was the heavy, stern, questioning face of Dr. Armstrong at the door.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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