Examples of sobering in a Sentence
His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.
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But The New York Times revealed last week that Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had come back from a sobering trip to Kyiv and privately told the president that his 27-month-long ban against shooting American weapons into Russian territory was now placing parts of Ukraine in peril.
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Edward Wong, New York Times, 30 May 2024
But this weekend has also been a sobering one for Hollywood as one of the worst Memorial Day weekend box office showings in decades, excluding 2020 when theaters were closed.
—Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 27 May 2024
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Edward Wong, New York Times, 30 May 2024
But this weekend has also been a sobering one for Hollywood as one of the worst Memorial Day weekend box office showings in decades, excluding 2020 when theaters were closed.
—Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 27 May 2024
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“Sobering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sobering. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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