Examples of sobering in a Sentence

His death is a sobering reminder of the dangers of mountaineering.

Recent Examples on the Web Regardless, a sobering wake-up call awaits in Athens. — USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021 This week's sobering survey points up a national crisis. — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021 All this comes amid the sobering news that the seven-day average of deaths topped 2,000, though the number of cases has slowed somewhat in recent weeks -- a hopeful sign that maybe the death rate will soon fall as well. — NBC News, 19 Sep. 2021 But after his first start, Monheim offered a more sobering self-analysis. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021 According to the results of a study by analyst firm Forrester, the U.S. is heading for a sobering deficit of 500,000 software developers by 2024 (paywall). — Vaidya Aiyer, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021 The sobering results: 49% said that arresting insurrectionists violated the Constitution because the insurrectionists were only exercising their constitutional right to petition the government for redress of grievances. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2021 And for a sobering dose of caution, thank the Dodgers, still hot on their spikes. — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Sep. 2021 That’s a sobering prospect for the country, whose $17.5 billion wine industry is one of its biggest export earners. — David Meyer, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2021

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