Examples of sobering in a Sentence
His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.
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Three 1-0 losses in a month have poured icy water over the Giallorossi’s Serie A title ambitions, with last Sunday’s defeat at a Cagliari side which had not won a game since mid-September the most sobering yet.
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Jack Bantock, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
Rob Biederman, managing partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners and chairman of Catalant Technologies, had a sobering view.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Microsoft laid off a sobering 9,000 employees shutting down developer The Initiative and leading to the cancellation of a Perfect Dark reboot that was being co-developed with Crystal Dynamics, which is behind the latest trilogy of Tomb Raider games.
—Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
Cena, however, had a sobering response prepared, noting that his current performance level requires maximum effort that isn't sustainable.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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Jack Bantock, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2025
Rob Biederman, managing partner at Asymmetric Capital Partners and chairman of Catalant Technologies, had a sobering view.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2025
Microsoft laid off a sobering 9,000 employees shutting down developer The Initiative and leading to the cancellation of a Perfect Dark reboot that was being co-developed with Crystal Dynamics, which is behind the latest trilogy of Tomb Raider games.
—Richard Newby, Time, 6 Dec. 2025
Cena, however, had a sobering response prepared, noting that his current performance level requires maximum effort that isn't sustainable.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
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“Sobering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sobering. Accessed 19 Dec. 2025.
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