For the next several years he painted in a more severe, classical, style.

It was, by all accounts, set out in a 'dull and severe style'.

But now-no, this severe style is not going to work.

But they're looking for more feminine, less severe styles than they would have a few years ago.

Her dark hair had been drawn back in a plain, severe style.

His thick dark hair was still black with dampness and brushed into a severe style.

To achieve a severe, straight style, I'm afraid all you can do is grow out your perm.

After several seasons of severe, accessory-less style, somehow the real stuff began to look right.

During the 1770s a new more severe neo-classical style was becoming fashionable.

The action was a further example of what appears to be a new, less-tolerant attitude toward college coaches with severe styles.