Definition of sobering
: tending to make one thoughtful or sober
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Examples of sobering in a Sentence
His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.
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The survey results prompted CDC director Dr. Robert Redfield to issue a somewhat hopeful, but overall sobering, assessment.
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Under Kopatchinskaja, this year’s festival was one of the brightest and most fun-filled in the 71-year history, and also the most defiantly dark and sobering.
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Currently my mind is focused on a sobering historical parallel: debates over slavery before the Civil War and shouting matches over guns after recent school shootings.
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The road dipped and rose, and the feeling of vastness was both sobering and exciting.
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The cases are a sobering reminder that immunotherapy is still in its early days, and can unleash powerful forces that are not fully understood.
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Medicare will run out of money sooner than expected, and Social Security's financial problems can't be ignored either, the government said Tuesday in a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class.
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What’s happening in Limpopo serves as a sobering case study.
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And as the two tried to form an all-populist cabinet, investors hoped that the sobering prospect of power, together with EU deficit rules and the behind-the-scenes influence of the Italian president, would allow Italy to keep muddling along.
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First Known Use of sobering
1816
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Definition of sobering for English Language Learners
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: making you feel serious and thoughtful
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