You must have given them a really stern lecture last night.

What the world needs is a good stern lecture in how to do things morally.

She came to a halt in the middle of her small living room and gave herself a stern lecture.

Somebody ought to give those parents a stern lecture, he thought.

The juvenile system takes over on something like this, we're talking stern lecture.

I got a severe cold and then a stern lecture from my doctor.

He gave me quite a stern lecture on the subject.

I closed my eyes and gave myself a stern lecture.

One day he let her do it all, but not without a stern lecture.

Since my father's stern lecture, I had felt empty or worse.