austereness
- a word derived from austere.
Example Sentences
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Who will believe you, Isabel?" said Angelo: "my unsoiled name, the austereness of my life, my word vouched against yours, will outweigh your accusation.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 3 Books for Children by Lamb, Mary
Two caddy-spoonfuls were then placed in the pot, which was duly filled, and Sister Philippa said with grave austereness: “My dears, will you take your places?”
From A Double Knot by Fenn, George Manville
And over the libertines they had the advantage both of general austereness of life and of a certain readiness to suffer for their convictions.
From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles
Caesar was esteemed for his humanity and benevolence; austereness had given dignity to Cato.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby
The ancient cloisters on their lofty walls Had holy Truth in painted frescoes shown, And, seeing these, the pious in those halls Felt their cold, lone austereness less alone.
From The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker by Baudelaire, Charles
