sternly

Glancing at Juan, she saw the troubled darkness of his eyes as he gazed at the hollow, his expression sternly sober.

Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986

Glancing at Juan, she saw the troubled darkness of his eyes as he gazed at the hollow, his expression sternly sober.

Touch the Wind Janet Dailey 1986

"Also," said Tish, cutting in sternly, "you took away my revolver, and left us helpless last night, and in peril of wild beasts."

Tish 1916

He did not appear to fairly understand it until he was shown the chest with the ventilated lid; then his countenance cleared, and, taking the unhappy Billy by the collar, he called sternly for a piece of rope.

Many Cargoes 1903

Then she called sternly to her straying imagination.

Life at High Tide Henry Mills Alden 1877

I made a quick comment of reprimand (merely saying his name sternly), and his instant, reflexive reaction was to say

Rate Your Students Rate Your Students 2010

Then the messenger of the Vikings stood on the bank, he called sternly, uttered words, boastfully speaking the seafarers’ message to the earl, as he stood on the shore.

The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

Face it, she told herself sternly, that is a closed chapter.

A Different Light Mariah Stewart 2010

Orchard Street and nothing more, he reminded himself sternly, that is not so very bad.

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008

Orchard Street and nothing more, he reminded himself sternly, that is not so very bad.

The Blackstone Key Rose Melikan 2008