How to Use austere in a Sentence

austere

adjective
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  • They lived an austere life in the country.
  • He was known for his austere style of writing.
  • They choose austere furnishings for the office.
  • Conversely, lines of austere black dresses by various designers conjure the sober garb of nuns and priests.
    — Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, 10 May 2018
  • The compact, austere Golden Hind offers what many Londoners think are the best fish and chips in town, which is saying something.
    — Brian Melton, star-telegram, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The stark landscape, intense sun and dry heat result in an austere and fiercely mineral wine, whose textural thrust seems to be a vinous version of the vines' stark surroundings.
    — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 15 May 2018
  • But anyone expecting an austere or forbiddingly monumental work often tends to be surprised by their first live performance.
    — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Korean bathhouses are a tradition dating back to the fifteenth century, and modern-day facilities can range from the awe-inspiring to the austere.
    — Audrey Cleo Yap, Glamour, 21 May 2018
  • Our solutions are based on firsthand experience operating in the most austere environments.
    — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • In August 1929, a beachfront casino opened in a dramatic and austere Art Deco building.
    — Christine Smallwood, New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • In this austere, arid world, brown was the coin of the realm.
    — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The store, the brand’s first outside Japan, is calm and austere.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Eni’s response to the oil-price crash of 2014 was the most austere among the majors.
    — Sarah Kent, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The shrines themselves are austere and hard to see from the pathways.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 23 Feb. 2017
  • The show itself maintained the austere tone of the Mueller report.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 1 July 2019
  • The verdict: The Jiffy brownie mix was, in a word, austere.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The rest of his crew lived aboveground, in austere barracks.
    — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The cabin is roomy and handsome—if a bit more austere than the S4 cockpit.
    — Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
  • As should this unique red blend and a classic, austere rosé of pinot noir from the Finger Lakes.
    — Washington Post, 21 May 2021
  • The austere room is lined by wood panels from the floor to about the high walls' midpoint and then plain white walls above.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 1 May 2024
  • The space is austere and solemn, with beige walls and icy climate control.
    — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Gazans observe an austere Eid al-Fitr in the shadow of war.
    — Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • If there is one way to avoid a dining room that is cold and austere, get some cool old knick knacks.
    — Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, 13 Mar. 2020
  • Withers’s sound reaches back to the austere roots of the blues and country music.
    — Reginald Dwayne Betts Kiese Makeba Laymon Carina Del Valle Schorske Dessa Irina Aleksander Sam Dolnick Mark Binelli Maggie Jones Rob Hoerburger Jamie Lauren Keiles Devin Gordon Jazmine Hughes Jenna Wortham Jade Chang Taffy Brodesser-Akner Kaitlyn Greenidge Rowan Ricardo Phillips Michael Paterniti Wesley Morris Ismail Muhammad Anthony Giardina, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The Venetian blinds on the windows also felt austere to them.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Looking at this room of Matisses, this is one of the more austere ones.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2019
  • In the age-old battle between the austere and the lavish, sometimes more is just more.
    — Sadie Stein, ELLE Decor, 23 May 2018
  • The walls are otherwise bare, and the color scheme is austere — with the exception of the bright teal seats.
    — Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • His single-occupancy cell is austere, measuring just 7 square meters (75 square feet), with a squat toilet beneath a shower.
    — Rebecca Wright, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The rooms feel austere and indulgent, while Italian flea market finds rub shoulders with bespoke pieces crafted with an ecclesiastical bent.
    — Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024

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