How to Use austere in a Sentence

austere

adjective

• They lived an austere life in the country.
• He was known for his austere style of writing.
• They choose austere furnishings for the office.
• Public spaces and guest rooms have bright white walls, cool gray granite pillars, vaulted ceilings, and a suitably austere ambience.
  — Alice Newell-Hanson, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
• The wild card, rare in this very austere genre, is a second, overdubbed drum kit; against a dutiful steady wallop, its rumbles and crashes incite some anarchy.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2018
• Both the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from this vineyard tend to be savory and crisp, with delicate fruit and austere, firm structure.
  — Matt Kettmann, SFChronicle.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• Berger wanted the Santa Marta to be austere, with a prison-like feel as a nod to Rome’s fascist period.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2024
• Where the Rolex Daytona was almost austere, the Tudor was brash and bold, with interesting shapes and splashes of color.
  — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
• Steve Cohen, known best here as a musician, worked for a while for his Uncle Al and came to know him as living a surprisingly austere life.
  — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2018
• The team is trained in high angle ropes, tree climbing, and austere environment training, which includes map reading, terrain analysis, risk mitigation, and first aid.
  — Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 13 Oct. 2024
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024