| stern warning | 12.90 | It was a very stern warning. | ||
| stern action | 5.20 | But police warned of stern action. | ||
| stern measure | 2.44 | Stern measures should be taken against them. | ||
| stern message | 2.30 | Bush also directed a stern message to North Korea. | ||
| stern lecture | 2.17 | He received a stern lecture. | ||
| stern punishment | 1.91 | He vowed stern punishment for those found guilty. | ||
| stern test | 1.84 | He will get a stern test. | ||
| stern word | 1.25 | Albright had some stern words for Taiwan. | ||
| stern look | 1.18 | He gave me a stern look. | ||
| stern face | 0.86 | With a stern face and watery eyes, he refers questions to Kim. | ||
| stern voice | 0.72 | Someone needed to use that stern voice on me. | ||
| stern taskmaster | 0.66 | But he proved a stern taskmaster as well as an energetic booster. | ||
| stern critic | 0.59 | He was a stern critic but an extremely kindly man. | ||
| stern magazine | 0.59 | The practice was reported by Stern magazine. | ||
| stern father | 0.53 | But a stern conservative father wanted Guizar to study medicine instead. | ||
| stern criticism | 0.46 | The navigator, too, came in for stern criticism. | ||
| stern man | 0.46 | That stern man talking on a cellular telephone? | ||
| stern demeanor | 0.39 | Stoutly built with a seemingly stern demeanor, she is not prone to overweening sentimentality. | ||
| stern expression | 0.39 | Both also wear stern expressions. | ||
| stern rebuke | 0.39 | His actions have earned him stern rebukes from human rights organizations. |