How to Use austere in a Sentence

austere

adjective
Definition of austerenext
Synonyms for austerenext
  • In that sense, President Biden’s austere wardrobe choices are a throwback.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Locked down at home, suddenly, our boxy, straight, and often simplistic furniture felt more like an unnecessary austere choice than a cool one.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 19 May 2021
  • The site had peak capacity of nearly 2,300 and migrant boys slept there in an austere gray and beige exhibit hall filled with rows of cots.
    — Dianne Solis, Dallas News, 19 May 2021
  • 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 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
  • The interior of the house reveals the hallmarks of his own austere style.
    — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
  • There’s even a rumor that the idea was floated to paint The Reef a pale yellow to appear less austere.
    — Steven Stolman, House Beautiful, 6 Mar. 2019
  • The food is beautiful and simple, the rooms are quiet and austere.
    — Marshall Heyman, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The sauce has an austere beefiness to it, with a sharp bitter bite and plenty of chile heat.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • This marabou clutch, in the color of a creamsicle, demands a good time when paired with austere black.
    — Rebecca Ramsey, The Cut, 11 Jan. 2018
  • As the years went on, the culture folded in on itself, and even an austere presence like Beck’s could not avoid it.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2023
  • If all of that sounds like a drag, obligatory and austere, don’t worry.
    — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Compared with the lively makeshift atelier upstairs, the space was hushed and austere.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • A lot of exquisite, austere early gothic architecture, that is a little sad.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 June 2024
  • Even at its most austere, her previous work displayed a fascination with the experience of encountering others.
    — Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024

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