Sentence examples for as sobering from inspiring English sources

For those who imagined that the well-worked victory over Manchester United signalled Liverpool's rebirth, this was as sobering as a bucket of water tossed over a gutter-bound drunk.

The results of our study – the first of its kind to show how the iconic plastic blond bombshell can affect young girls' early ideas about their place in the world – are as sobering as they are indicative of the narrow ideal we offer to our daughters.

The Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, described the budget as "sobering".

In another interview he has described "the most urgent task for the left" as "sobering up".

"There may be slivers of positive, but I view this as sobering".

As sobering as Grantham can be, it was an insight of his that actually helped me get over my pessimistic obsessions.

"I am alas as sober as a judge.

Swann's sheep are as sober as judges and work out the crime from first principles.

Third, if the newer generation of x86 chips are as sober as claimed, the power consumption obstacle will be gone.

The affair went on until after 2 a.m., but Mr. Haden-Guest was as chipper (and as sober) as a bluebird at 11 the same morning.

In between came outfits — a black tailored coat or a streamlined pantsuit — as sober as the ladylike cream suit worn by the supermodel Natalia Vodianova.