stern
adjective
firm, strict, or uncompromising.
sterns
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pluralof stern.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Navy said Revolutionary Guard vessels repeatedly crossed the bows and sterns of several American ships at close range and high speed in the northern Gulf.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2020
With the sterns half-ashore, breakers could then cut in and dismantle the ships laterally, as a snacker might eat through a baguette.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017
Thousands of office workers rush past it every day without noticing its three bay windows carved as the sterns of baroque frigates, complete with waves, dolphins and trailing seaweed.
From New York Times ● Feb. 27, 2015
From their sterns hung large white standards bearing the crown and royal cipher.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young men in uniforms stood ready there to grab hold of the sterns of the boats when they arrived for the start.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
