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Six example sentences with austere, each labelled with its topic.
The chapel is deliberately austere: gray concrete, one narrow window, and a single wooden bench facing the altar.
Architecture
He lived an austere life on purpose, one meal a day and no possessions beyond a coat and two books.
Philosophy
The mountain guesthouse was austere, with cold floors and no menu, but the walk to it justified every night.
Travel
The recording is austere, a single piano in a dry room with no reverb to soften a single wrong note.
Music
Her late drawings are austere: a few charcoal lines on grey paper, with nothing added for comfort.
Art
The director's style is austere, long static shots and almost no music, and the film runs three hours.
Movies
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