5 sentences with 'stern'

Example sentences and phrases with the word stern and other words derived from it.

« The Breath was tied up with her stern to the river, and as I saw the water rushing under the hull, I became alarmed. The speed of the ebb was three times the normal rate. »
« We cast off and for a few minutes we held on to the stern anchor, but we were forced to let go as well because the current was making the boat sway violently. »
« Not to mention, how was a Christian to understand the stern and vengeful God described in the Old Testament and the deity of peace and forgiveness represented by Christ? »
« Everywhere, Calvinists were distinguished by their plain dress and stern attitude towards merriment, celebrations and pleasures of the flesh. »
« Norman Dix, his coach, suspects that "he spent half his time sitting in the stern thinking about the stars and devising mathematical formulae". »
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