Get to know Austere better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like stern or spartan.
Austere meaning
- Grim or severe in manner or appearance.
- Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy.
- Adhering to the economic policy of austerity.
Synonyms of Austere
Using Austere
- The main meaning on this page is: Grim or severe in manner or appearance. | Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy. | Adhering to the economic policy of austerity.
- Useful related words include: stern, spartan, ascetical, ascetic.
- In the example corpus, austere often appears in combinations such as: an austere, austere and, the austere.
Context around Austere
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Austere
- In this selection, "austere" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, turned, diverse, sometimes, low, instruction and economic stand out and add context to how "austere" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include children was austere with their and cold or austere. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "austere" sits close to words such as acupuncture, aero and ahl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with austere
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The beauty of the light is most austere. (8 words)
Far different from what you might imagine from that austere, kingly, beautiful voice. (13 words)
The boreal is home to countless shades of green and has an austere beauty. (14 words)
In a week devoted to these sometimes austere, time-hallowed spaces, I summoned the spirit of the tumultuous period when an emerging faith was fused onto a tottering empire — sparing some time to enjoy neighboring sites and restaurants. (38 words)
Likewise, modern aircraft, including the F-35, aren't ever going to be taking off from a country road transformed into an austere airbase, and there is little reason to believe the hypothetical A-14 could either. (37 words)
An is among 16 North Korean who athletes have come to an opulent host city that could hardly be more different to the austere Pyongyang airport in which they were filmed setting off last month. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Amazon Web Services on Monday announced its Modular Data Center, a cloud offering now available to Defense Department customers operating in austere, low-latency conditions, such as battlefields and areas in crisis.
Despite Jim Kirk's austere instruction, he and Gary Mitchell became close friends, and that friendship lasted long after the latter graduated from the Academy.
Evidently there were many others who decided that preventing the destruction of an entire generation of dynamic young technology companies due to a quirky bank failure was more important than some austere economic principle.
Likewise, modern aircraft, including the F-35, aren't ever going to be taking off from a country road transformed into an austere airbase, and there is little reason to believe the hypothetical A-14 could either.
Margot Robbie’s Barbie presents a façade of perkiness and dynamism; Gerwig’s Violet is austere and nearly expressionless—a face waiting for the person to emerge.
The 122nd FW MCA teams are cross-functional with highly trained Airmen using streamlined tactics to generate combat airpower and conduct persistent mission generation and logistics in an austere environment.
The austere signage in front only hints at the sleek space beyond the front door.
The beauty of the light is most austere.
The boreal is home to countless shades of green and has an austere beauty.
The former in austere white muslin saris… the saris we meet again, carrying his label, woven by humble weavers whom he adopts as his own.
The music he released in 2020’s pandemic months embraced the skittering hi-hats and sliding basslines of UK drill, and his rapping turned austere and jagged.
There is plenty of colourful outside seating for warmer days and the inside had a stripped-back Scandi feel to it without being cold or austere.
An is among 16 North Korean who athletes have come to an opulent host city that could hardly be more different to the austere Pyongyang airport in which they were filmed setting off last month.
As part of the training, the senior enlisted leaders were tasked with assembling a spoke operation and establishing communication with higher echelons, while navigating simulated attacks from adversaries while in austere conditions.
British carmaker Jaguar also saw a more recently after unveiling an avant-garde that that attempts to “break moulds” by featuring diverse, austere models dressed in rainbow colors and spangly makeup.
Dr Anderson tells The Herald: "They were very violent, they were very austere, we were still slopping out.
Far different from what you might imagine from that austere, kingly, beautiful voice.
He lived an austere life in a hut in the woods and was famed for catching snakes.
In a week devoted to these sometimes austere, time-hallowed spaces, I summoned the spirit of the tumultuous period when an emerging faith was fused onto a tottering empire — sparing some time to enjoy neighboring sites and restaurants.
The upbringing of Charles de Gaulle’s three children was austere, with their mother Yvonne said to only kiss Philippe and his two sisters on their birthday and December 31.
Common combinations with austere
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an austere 18×
- austere and 15×
- the austere 14×
- and austere 12×
- more austere 8×
- in austere 6×
- austere life 5×
- is austere 4×
- austere environment 3×
- austere environments 3×