Sterner

Arsenal clicked into gear in the midweek rout of PSV, but Spurs will be a much sterner test for Mikel Arteta's side.

Her tense face begins to get sterner as she talks.

Three players — junior Elliot Sterner, sophomore Jayden Lewis and Grady Dunsmore — all are vying for starting time at catcher.

Tougher times will beget sterner realities.

The Elephants face a sterner test in their next Group A match against three-time champions Nigeria on Wednesday.

The law further provides that the consequences of such an offense could be six months imprisonment or the option of a fine of not less than N50,000, and where the offense is sterner, both punishments.

You are said to be better off going a sterner and harshly worded route.

And if more of his team-mates had matched his ambition, Manchester City’s fragile confidence and defence would have faced a sterner examination.

But the band, formed by Angus and Malcolm in Sydney in 1973, is made of sterner stuff — and Power Up signals an unlikely resurrection.

City will have sterner tests on the training ground.

Hence, the sudden sterner approach makes you wonder why?

Hogan is sterner in his office.

India's current crop are made of sterner stuff, as Australia's quicks learned two years ago when they were battered into submission, admittedly on docile tracks which did not suit the home side's strengths.

It has allowed him to blast past almost everyone put before him but Heffron – with just one defeat on his 26-fight record against Williams in 2018 – will be made of sterner stuff.

Keynote speaker will be Maggy Sterner, a branding coach for entrepreneurs, small businesses and nonprofits.

Sevilla should offer the sterner test, even if one win from their last four league games suggests they may be fighting for fourth place in May rather than first.

The courts have recently taken a sterner view of foreigners abusing drugs.

Ajax will approach with the same ambition and determination that saw them stun Real Madrid but in Juventus, they are up against opposition made of sterner stuff.

But on this evidence – albeit with the knowledge that sterner tests lie ahead – there was plenty to suggest last season’s familiar faces are in the mood to end Liverpool’s 30-year wait for a top-flight title.

Everyone looked worried, but Patel is made of sterner stuff.