stern

IPA: stˈɝn

(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To steer, to direct the course of (a ship).
(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To propel or move backward or stern-first in the water.

Examples of "stern" in Sentences

Storm of mutinous anger gathers round the Captain stern and true,
I think howard stern is a pervert and i never give him the time of day.
CBS trying to sue stern is sour grapes and distracting from their FM disaster.
She liked him for a certain stern soberness that was his, and for his saving grace of humor.
Before she could get any more information from him, Marco walked over to them, his expression stern.
“There are few things I would deny you, Daughter, without good reason,” Balm answered, her expression stern.
President Obama's promising what he calls a stern response if North Korea launches a missile, as it now threatens.
Lavishness lives on among the audience members, whose gaudy fashion sense the evening I attended was in stern defiance of Mr. Zapatero's plan de austeridad.
QUESTION: The Associated Press reports that in reaction to what they termed your stern rebuke of Jerry Thacker, a group called Human Rights Campaign said that while this was a positive development, the Bush administration's, quote, "Obsessive focus on abstinence as the solitary mechanism to prevent the transmission of HIV is not based on sound science."