sterns

Definition of sternsnext
plural of stern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sterns
Noun
  • Within the 10 rooms, wooden beams and centuries-old doors coexist with rainfall showers.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Wrap string lights around railings or porch beams for a warm glow.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • And the International Dark Sky Week couldn’t have come at a more opportune time, just on the tails of NASA’s Artemis II mission, when all eyes were on the sky.
    Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Many meteors originate from comets, breaking off as these celestial bodies approach the Sun, heating up and sprouting tails of dust and gas; this debris can fall into our atmosphere, manifesting as brilliant shooting stars.
    Sharon Adarlo, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • He has been vilified for his notorious drawings of oversized women with ample rumps and thick, powerful legs, definitely objectified and more or less turned into meat-at-the-ready.
    David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Her thong also revealed her bare buttocks and, at certain points, Spears shook her butt and slapped her cheeks.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The professional poker player finished everything off with classic Hollywood glam, including long wispy eyelashes, black eyeliner, bronzy cheeks, a bright red lip, and matching nails.
    Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to the trout lily, Georgia’s spring ephemerals include bloodroot, toothwort, harbinger of spring, wild geranium, blue cohosh, twinleaf, May-apple, Virginia bluebell, celandine poppy, Dutchman’s breeches, spring beauty, wood anemone, windflower, bleeding heart, phacelia and more.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Worse even than poetry with a palpable design on us, as Keats didn’t quite say, is poetry that puts its hands in its breeches pockets and delivers a lecture in the expectation of applause.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Sterns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterns. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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