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Example sentences for "said sternly"

  • It is my wife to whom you speak, my Lord Carnal," I said sternly.

  • Until this interruption is over, sir," I said sternly, bowing to him as I spoke.

  • Make not bad worse, Captain Percy," he said sternly.

  • Tardy obedience is of the house of mutiny," I said sternly.

  • She was rushing toward Holcroft, when he said sternly, and with a repellent gesture, "Stop and listen to me.

  • Jane," he said sternly, "take that chair to the parlor and leave it there.

  • Rising, he said sternly, "No power on earth could induce me to marry you, and that would be plain enough if you were in your right mind.

  • You ask why I sought quarrel," he said sternly.

  • White Chief and Long Knife wait here," he said Sternly.

  • You are not mine to dispose of," he said sternly to the trembling girl, who visibly shrank from his approach, and clung once more to me.

  • Now, Monsieur," I said sternly, "are you satisfied?

  • In this case a lesson in politeness were more to the point, Monsieur," I said sternly.

  • I have the Cardinal's orders," I said sternly.

  • You are not going to the village," I said sternly.

  • Monsieur," I said sternly, "never has the hand of man touched me before in anger without my making full return for the blow.

  • Enough of this," I said sternly, barely glancing at Cairnes.

  • Watch carefully my words," I said sternly in English, "and bear in mind the preservation of all our lives depends on the part you play.

  • Then good-bye for ever," he said sternly.

  • Let this be a lesson to you, woman," he said sternly; and Gavinia intimated with humility that she hoped to profit by it.

  • You can not force me to kill you," he said sternly.

  • This is no time," he said sternly, "and it is too late for atonement.

  • I told you at the time," he said sternly.

  • Show the lady what you have got," I said sternly.

  • I thought I warned you to keep away from this place, and to keep away from me," I said sternly.

  • You've had all the money you'll get out of either of us," I said sternly.

  • You have not told me yet to whom she gave it,' I said sternly.

  • Yes,' I said sternly, feeling every nerve tingle with long-suppressed rage.

  • Wait awhile,' I said sternly, 'and I will come with you.

  • Mademoiselle la Comtesse," I said sternly, "you are causing the Prince de Polignac great distress.

  • I said sternly, "you will oblige me by rising at once from that cold ground or you will compel me to go for Madame Saugrain and deliver you into her hands.

  • You are not going to the village,' I said sternly.

  • I have the Cardinal's orders,' I said sternly.

  • In this case a lesson in politeness were more to the point, Monsieur,' I said sternly.

  • They must be saved as prisoners or not at all," he said sternly; "not a man of them must land.

  • No," he said sternly; "the falsity lies somewhere else.

  • Terry," he said sternly, "you mustn't ask me to come back again.

  • This is government property," he said sternly.

  • Addressing her directly, he said sternly: "It is my duty to tell you that anything you may say here can be used against you later, and it is therefore your privilege to refuse to answer.

  • According to that you are telling an untruth about the letter," he said sternly.

  • Certainly you can learn it," he said sternly at her first sign of discouragement.

  • That Birdie Smelts has been putting notions in your head," he said sternly.


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