sobering
Example Sentences
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Today the Sudan remains, in Mr. Hart’s sobering assessment, “one of the most dangerous places on the earth.”
This is a notable and perhaps sobering parallel, but it does not necessarily discredit contemporary psychiatry, as Ms. Antonetta seems to imply.
“We got a taste of what is to come. And it’s sobering.”
From Washington Post
The industry’s lousy track record of successful, modular gadgets is definitely a bit sobering, but it doesn’t mean Framework’s plans are doomed by default.
From Washington Post
Convincingly, Charlie’s tedious cycles of using, sobering and relapsing unfold with prolonged inevitability — as do Leah’s cycles of denial, despair and, at long last, action on her own behalf.
From Washington Post
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
